DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,212

LAKESIDE MACHINE, INC.
GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN

TA-W-50,212A

LAKESIDE MACHINE, INC.
ESCANABA, MICHIGAN


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 27, 2002 and filed by the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 328 and the company on behalf of
workers at Lakeside Machine, Inc., Gladstone, Michigan (TA-W-
50,212) and Lakeside Machine, Inc., Escanaba, Michigan (TA-W-
50,212A). The workers produce machine parts for the automotive
industry and are not separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at both
facilities is related to a shift in plant production of machine
parts to a country (Canada) 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 worker's 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 Lakeside Machine, Inc., Gladstone, Michigan
(TA-W-50,212) and Lakeside Machine, Inc., Escanaba, Michigan
(TA-W-50,212A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 27, 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 10th day of December 2002

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