DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,893

FERRAZ SHAWMUT, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GROUPE CARBONE LORRAINE
NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (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 May 29, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by the International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, Local 1386 on behalf of workers at Ferraz Shawmut, Inc., a
subsidiary of Groupe Carbone Lorraine, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The workers at the subject facility produce components for semi-
conductor fuses; they are not separately identifiable by product
line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of components for
semi-conductor fuses to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ferraz Shawmut, Inc., a subsidiary of Groupe
Carbone Lorraine, Newburyport, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May
28, 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 2nd day of July, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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