DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,708

PEACE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
ACE FASTENER DIVISION
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS

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 result 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 investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 28, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Peace Industries, Ltd., Ace Assembly
Division, Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production (assembly) of staplers and
fasteners.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales
declined at the subject plant during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their imports of staplers and fasteners during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with staplers and fasteners produced
at Peace Industries, Ltd., Ace Assembly Division, Rolling
Meadows, Illinois 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 Peace Industries, Ltd., Ace Assembly
Division, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, engaged in employment
related to the production of staplers and fasteners who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 27, 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 25th day of March 2003


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