DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,605

DAWS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
PARSONS, TENNESEE

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated April 25, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Daws
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Parsons, Tennessee. The workers at
the subject firm produced tubular steel truck accessories; they
were not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
decreased absolutely during the period of 2001 to 2002 and from the
period of January to March of 2003 when compared to the same period
in 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the preponderance
of declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift
in production of tubular steel truck accessories to Taiwan.
Moreover, the Department of Labor has determined that imports
of tubular steel truck accessories are likely to increase.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with tubular steel truck accessories
produced at Daws Manufacturing Company, Inc., Parsons, Tennessee
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 Daws Manufacturing Company, Inc., Parsons,
Tennessee who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 23, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of May, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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