DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,306

ATLAS COPCO COMPRESSORS, INC.
HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS


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 by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 28, 2002 and filed by United Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers of America, Local No. 259 on behalf of workers
at Atlas Copco Compressors, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of air
compressors and associated components.
Investigative findings revealed that production and employment
declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its imports of air compressors and associated components
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Atlas Copco
Compressors, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Atlas Copco Compressors, Inc., Holyoke,
Massachusetts, engaged in employment related to the production
of air compressors and associated components, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 9, 2001 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 4th day of December, 2002



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