DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,936

COOK COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES
ELGIN, ILLINOIS


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 September 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cook Communications Ministries, Elgin, Illinois. The
workers at the subject facility are engaged in printing and
binding of religious Christian texts, and Sunday school
curriculum texts.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility decreased during the relevant period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the
preponderance of declines in employment at the subject firm is
related to a shift in production to South Korea.
Moreover, the investigation revealed that imports of
religious Christian texts and Sunday school curriculum texts are
likely to increase, beginning in January, 2004.
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 South Korea of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. And those shifted articles will be
imported back into the United States after being produced in
South Korea. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:






"All workers of Cook Communications Ministries, Elgin,
Illinois who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 22, 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 8th day of October, 2003.


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