DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,817

ALLTRISTA CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANY
FORMERLY DIAMOND BRANDS, INC.
A DIVISION OF JARDEN CORPORATION
STRONG, MAINE

Negative Determination 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on February 6, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Alltrista Consumer Products Company, formerly Diamond
Brands, Inc., a division of Jarden Corporation, Strong, Maine.
The workers at the subject firm produce wooden toothpicks,
clothespins, and flatware.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import wooden toothpicks, clothespins, and flatware from 2001 to
2002 or during the period of January through February 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject
firm did not shift production of its wooden toothpicks,
clothespins, and flatware abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of wooden
toothpicks, clothespins, and flatware. This survey revealed no
imports of wooden toothpicks, clothespins, and flatware during
the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Alltrista Consumer Products Company, formerly Diamond Brands,
Inc., a division of Jarden Corporation, Strong, Maine are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of April 2003


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