DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,070

EATON CORPORATION
FLUID POWER DIVISION
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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 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 in response to a petition
received on November 13, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Eaton Corporation, Fluid Power Division,
Mooresville, North Carolina. The workers produce automotive hose
and tube assemblies for power steering and air conditioning.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of automotive hose
and tube assemblies to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Eaton Corporation, Fluid Power Division,
Mooresville, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 7, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of November, 2002



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