DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,810

KNERNSCHIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

Negative Determination 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as an adversely affected
secondary group.
An investigation was conducted in order to determine whether
the petitioning group of workers qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers as suppliers of component parts to a firm or
subdivision primarily affected by increased imports or a shift of
production abroad.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the following group eligibility requirements under Section 222(b)
must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or
downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who received a certification
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance
benefits and such supply or production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either-

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision) described
in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
(or subdivision) described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

The investigation was initiated on September 11, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Knernschield
Manufacturing Company, Columbia, Missouri. The workers at the
subject firm produce electrical connectors. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met.
Petitioners allege that job losses were due to their firm
losing business as a supplier to a firm that shifted production
abroad or was affected by increased imports. The investigation
revealed, however, that was not the case.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is not a
supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who have
received a certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
Moreover, the Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major customers regarding their purchases of electrical connectors.
This survey revealed no imports during the period under
investigation.

Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers covered
by this petition of Knernschield Manufacturing Company, Columbia,
Missouri, do not qualify as adversely affected secondary workers
and are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under section 223(b) of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of October 2003.

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance