DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,474

STORE KRAFT MANUFACTURING
GREENWOOD FIXTURE DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF TEC
GREENWOOD, ARKANSAS

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 January 6, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a state agency on behalf of workers at Store
Kraft Manufacturing, Greenwood Fixture Division, Greenwood,
Arkansas. The workers at the subject firm produce interior store
fixtures.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm will declines absolutely from 2002 to 2003.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of interior store fixtures during the relevant
period.
The investigation reveals that the subject firm sometimes
utilizes leased workers of TEC to produce the articles at the
plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with interior store fixtures produced
at Store Kraft Manufacturing, Greenwood Fixture Division,
Greenwood, Arkansas, 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 Store Kraft Manufacturing, Greenwood Fixture
Division, Greenwood, Arkansas, and leased workers of TEC
producing interior store fixtures at Store Kraft
Manufacturing, Greenwood Fixture Division, Greenwood,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 2, 2002 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 5th day of February, 2003.


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