DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,116

J. STAR BODCO, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF INDUSTRIE BODCO INC.
FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN

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 -- a shift in
production from the workers, firm or subdivision to an eligible
foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm or subdivision; and, either
the foreign country is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United states or is a beneficiary country under section
222(a)(2)(B)(i); and, either the foreign country is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States under section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I), is a beneficiary country under section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II), or there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 18, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at J. Star Bodco, Inc., a subsidiary of
Industrie Bodco, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The workers
produce solo unloaders, cattle feeders, and manure handling
equipment.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of solo
unloaders, cattle feeders, and manure handling equipment to a
country 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 Canada 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 J. Star Bodco, Inc., a subsidiary of
Industrie Bodco, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 16, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of November, 2002



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