DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,041
WOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
JASONVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-50,041A
WOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
WORTHINGTON, INDIANA

TA-W-50,041B
WOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
MOORESVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-50,041C
WOODS INDUSTRIES, INC.
CARMEL, INDIANA

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
received on November 8, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Woods Industries, Inc., located in Jasonville,
Indiana (TA-W-50,041), Worthington, Indiana (TA-W-50,041A),
Mooresville, Indiana (TA-W-50,041B) and Carmel, Indiana (TA-W-
50,041C). The workers produce extension cords.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is
transferring manufacture of extension cords overseas and relying on
imported extension cords to supply its customers. It is anticipated
that all of the above mentioned locations will close as a result of
these company imports.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with extension cords produced at Woods
Industries, Inc. located in Jasonville, Indiana (TA-W-50,041),
Worthington, Indiana (TA-W-50,041A), Mooresville, Indiana (TA-W-
50,041B) and Carmel, Indiana (TA-W-50,041C) 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 Woods Industries, Inc. located in Jasonville,
Indiana (TA-W-50,041), Worthington, Indiana (TA-W-50,041A),
Mooresville, Indiana (TA-W-50,041B) and Carmel, Indiana (TA-W-
50,041C) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 6, 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 27th day of November 2002.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance