DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,583
INGERSOLL-RAND
GERWIN/IVES PLANT
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA

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 investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 16, 2003 and filed on behalf of workers at
Ingersoll-Rand, Gerwin/Ives Plant, Michigan City, Indiana. The
workers produce threaded wire hardware.
The investigation revealed that a significant portion of
workers at the subject company have been separated or are
threatened with separation from employment and that production at
the subject company declined absolutely during the relevant time
period.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
company have increased and will replace production at the Michigan
City facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with wire hardware produced at
Ingersoll-Rand, Gerwin/Ives Plant, Michigan City, Indiana
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Ingersoll-Rand, Gerwin/Ives Plant, Michigan
City, Indiana who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 8, 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 31st day of January 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance