DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,474

ETCO, INC.
CORD PRODUCTS DIVISION
WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 a secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and
issue a certification of eligibility for secondary workers
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group
eligibility requirements of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of
the Trade Act, as amended, must be met. It is determined in
this case that the requirements of (b) of Section 222, as
amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a
petition received on November 7, 2003 and filed by a
company official on behalf of workers at ETCO, Inc., Cord
Products Division, Warwick, Rhode Island. The workers
produce terminals for electric power and extension cords.
The investigation revealed that ETCO, Inc., Cord
Products Division, Warwick, Rhode Island supplies component
parts for electrical cordsets and electrical extension
cords, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974
(26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification
of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met.
The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50
or over and possess skills that are not easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry
are adverse.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ETCO, Inc., Cord
Products Division, Warwick, Rhode Island qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ETCO, Inc., Cord Products Division,
Warwick, Rhode Island who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 6,
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 and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day of November 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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