DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,347

RAYOVAC CORPORATION
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
MADISON, WISCONSIN

TA-W-50,347A

RAYOVAC CORPORATION
MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION
MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN

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 on December 13, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Rayovac Corporation, Manufacturing & Distribution
Division, Madison, Wisconsin (TA-W-50,347) and Rayovac Corporation,
Manufacturing & Distribution Division, Middleton, Wisconsin (TA-W-
50,347A). The workers at the subject facilities are engaged in
packaging and distribution of alkaline batteries.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject facilities declined absolutely from 2000
to 2001, as well as during the period of January through November
2002, when compared to the same period in 2001.
The investigation further revealed that the subject facilities
operate in support of production facilities whose workers were
certified for trade adjustment assistance in Fennimore, Wisconsin
on April 17, 2003 (TA-W-39,005) and Wonewoc, Wisconsin on April 18,
2003(TA-W-39,047).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with alkaline batteries produced at
Rayovac Corporation, Manufacturing & Distribution Divisions,
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 Rayovac Corporation, Manufacturing &
Distribution Division, Madison, Wisconsin (TA-W-50,347) and
Rayovac Corporation, Manufacturing & Distribution Division,
Middleton, Wisconsin (TA-W-50,347A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 9,
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 January, 2003

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