DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,032

JM PRODUCTS, INC.
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 7, 2009, by a state official on behalf of
workers of JM Products Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of hair care
products.
The investigation revealed that workers of JM Products
Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of hair care products, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment
declined absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of hair care products by JM Products Inc. have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the hair care products produced by the subject firm have
increased significantly during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the JM Products Inc. facilities.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JM Products Inc.,
Little Rock, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of hair care products meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of JM Products Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 3, 2008, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 8th day of April, 2010


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