DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,266

PARKER HANNIFIN
HYDRAULIC VALVE DIVISION
A DIVISION OF PARKER HANNIFIN COMPANY
FORMERLY DANA CORPORATION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

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, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or
production have decreased absolutely at the workers firm or
subdivision and an increase in imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers'
subdivision contributed importantly to workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of the subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
initiated on December 6, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at
Parker Hannifin, Hydraulic Valve Division, a division of Parker
Hannifin Company, formerly Dana Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The workers produce hydraulic valves and are
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from 2000 to 2001, and
again from January to November of 2002 when compared to the same
time period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports of hydraulic
valves by the subject firm increased during the relevant time
period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hydraulic valves produced at
Parker Hannifin, Hydraulic Valve Division, a division of Parker
Hannifin Company, formerly Dana Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
and at the subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Parker Hannifin, Hydraulic Valve Division,
a division of Parker Hannifin Company, formerly Dana
Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 4,
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 27th day of January 2003.

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