DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,546

EMERSON TOOL COMPANY
PARIS, TENNESSEE


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 on January 13, 2003, in
response to a petition filed jointly by the company and the
International Association of Machinists, Local 1193, on behalf
of workers of Emerson Tool Company, Paris, Tennessee. The
workers produce power tools and are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility will
close by March 31, 2003.
The investigation also revealed that the subject company is
shifting production to China and that imports will increase
following the shift abroad.
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 China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to
be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Emerson Tool Company, Paris, Tennessee who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 10, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of January 2003


/s/Richard Church__________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance