DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,914

GATES CORPORATION
POWER TRANSMISSION DIVISION
BELT PLANT
ELIZABETHTOWN, KENTUCKY

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 on September 23, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Gates Corporation, Power Transmission Division, Belt Plant,
Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The workers at the subject plant produce
automobile and industrial belts. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
Workers at Gates Corporation are threatened with separations, and
the subject firm is shifting a substantial portion of production of
automobile and industrial belts to a country (Mexico) that is party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine 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 Gates Corporation, Power Transmission Division,
Belt Plant, Elizabethtown, Kentucky who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 10,
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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 24th day of October 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance