DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,202

FREDERICK COOPER LAMPS COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 May 18, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Frederick Cooper Lamps Company, Chicago, Illinois.
The workers produce portable lamps and chandeliers.
The investigation revealed that the sales and production
declined from 2003 to 2004 and also declined from January
through April 2005 over the corresponding 2004 period.
The investigation also revealed that there is threat of an
employment decline at the subject firm.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
customers major declining customers regarding their purchases of
portable lamps and chandeliers in 2003, 2004 and during January
through April 2005. The survey revealed that customers
increased import purchases from 2003 to 2004 and during January
through April 2005, when compared to the same time period of the
previous year.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
increasing aggregate United States imports of portable lamps and
chandeliers from 2003 to 2004 and in January through April 2005
over the corresponding 2004 period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with portable lamps and chandeliers
produced at Frederick Cooper Lamps Company, Chicago, Illinois
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 Frederick Cooper Lamps Company, Chicago,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 17, 2004, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of June, 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance