DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,334

MAMMOTH, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORTEK, INC.
CHASKA, MINNESOTA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on October 22, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by the Minnesota Teamsters Bureau,
Local 970 on behalf of workers of Mammoth, Inc., A subsidiary of
Nortek, Inc., Chaska, Minnesota. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning
(HVAC) units.
The investigation revealed that (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-57,448, issued
on September 13, 2005, based on increased company imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the HVAC units produced
by the firm. That certification expired September 13, 2007.
This investigation revealed that there was a decline in
employment after the expiration of the above certification (TA-W-
57,448), and the subject firm ceased production in June 2007.
The subject firm did not shift production of commercial
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units to a foreign
country, or import any of those products in 2006, or in January
through September 2007. Production of HVAC units has been
transferred from Chaska, Minnesota another domestic location of
Mammoth, Inc.
Other findings of the investigation show that company-wide
sales of HVAC units have increased during the relevant period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Mammoth, Inc., A
Subsidiary of Nortek, Inc., Chaska, Minnesota, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of December 2007


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