DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,011

COOPER POWER SYSTEMS
COOPER INDUSTRIES
EAST STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or
production have decreased absolutely at the workers firm or
subdivision and an increase in imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers' firm
or subdivision contributed importantly to workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of the subject firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
initiated on November 5, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Cooper Power System, Cooper Industries,
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The workers produce telephone
pole equipment.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from 2000 to 2001 and
also from January through October of 2002 when compared with the
same period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
firm increased in the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with telephone pole equipment
produced at Cooper Power System, Cooper Industries, East
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:




"All workers of Cooper Power System, Cooper Industries,
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 4,
2001 through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of November 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance