DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,292

MACNEILL WORLDWIDE
A SUBSIDIARY OF MACNEILL ENGINEERING COMPANY
LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on October 28, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at MacNeill
Worldwide, a subsidiary of MacNeill Engineering, Laconia, New
Hampshire. The workers produce athletic shoe components.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import athletic shoe components during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the majority of
shoe component production is for the parent company, which
exports the shoe components. Exports are not a basis of
certification under the TAA program.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
MacNeill Worldwide, a subsidiary of MacNeill Engineering,
Laconia, New Hampshire are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 12th day of November, 2002.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance