DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,055

KRAFT FOODS
KOOL-AID PLANT
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met -- a shift in production from the
workers' firm or subdivision to an eligible foreign country of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision under section 222(a)(2)(B)(i); and,
either the foreign country is a party to a free trade agreement
with the United States under section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I), is a
beneficiary country under section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II), or there
has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 12, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Kraft Foods, Kool-Aid Plant, Chicago,
Illinois. The workers produce powdered soft drinks, barbeque sauce
and dry meal products. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of powdered soft drinks to a country
(Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:



"All workers of Kraft Foods, Kool-Aid Plant, Chicago,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 8, 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