DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,136

BISSELL HOMECARE, INCORPORATED
WALKER, MICHIGAN

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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 19, 2002 and filed by company official on
behalf of workers at Bissell Homecare, Incorporated, Walker,
Michigan. The workers produced vacuum cleaners and deep cleaners.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to a shift in plant production of
vacuum cleaners and deep cleaners 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 Bissell Homecare, Incorporated, Walker,
Michigan who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 2, 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 17th day of December, 2002



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance