DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,216

MIDLAND FORGE
A SUBSIDIARY OF COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. (Set forth in Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii)).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Midland Forge, a subsidiary of Columbus McKinnon
Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of overhead lifting forged
attachments.
The investigation revealed that workers of Midland Forge
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
overhead lifting forged attachments meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers in the workers' firm have become separated or are
threatened with separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of overhead lifting forged attachments by
Midland Forge Cedar Rapids to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
to China contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Midland Forge, a
subsidiary of Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
who are engaged in activities related to production of overhead
lifting forged attachments, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Midland Forge, a subsidiary of Columbus
McKinnon Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 11, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance