DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,947
ALLTRISTA CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANY
STRONG, MAINE

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 June 4, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Alltrista Consumer Products Company, Strong, Maine.
The workers produce wooden clothespins, toothpicks, and craft
items. The workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm
recently began importing wooden clothespins.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with wooden clothespins produced at
Alltrista Consumer Products Company, Strong, Maine, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Alltrista Consumer Products Company,
Strong, Maine, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 21, 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 26th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer,
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance