DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,575

ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
FLUID HANDLING SYSTEMS
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

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 January 16, 2003, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at ITT Industries, Inc., Fluid Handling Systems Division,
Rochester, New York. The workers produce aluminum parts for air
conditioners.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of aluminum parts for air conditioners 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 ITT Industries, Inc., Fluid Handling Systems
Division, Rochester, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 7, 2002, 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 28th day of March 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance