DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,920

THOMSON, INC.
THOMSON MARION DIVISION
MARION, INDIANA

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 investigation was initiated on February 19, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers; Local 1160 on behalf of the workers at The
Thomson, Inc., Thomson Marion Division, Marion, Indiana. The
workers produce picture tubes. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm declined in 2002 when compared to 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of picture tubes. The
surveys revealed that the customers have increased their foreign
purchases of picture tubes during the relevant time 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 picture tubes produced at
Thomson, Inc., Thomson Marion Division, Marion, Indiana,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production
and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Thomson, Inc., Thomson Marion Division,
Marion, Indiana who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 18, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 4th day of April 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance