DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,020

A. O. SMITH ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
GORDONSVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), 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 adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 28, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at A.O.
Smith Electrical Products Company, Gordonsville, Tennessee. The
workers produce electric motors.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA - 4094). A determina-
tion on that petition will be made concurrently with this decision.
This investigation revealed that the subject firm has
increased its reliance on imported electrical motors while
decreasing employment and production levels at Gordonsville, in
anticipation of a forthcoming shutdown of the plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with electrical motors produced by
A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company, Gordonsville, Tennessee
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company,
Gordonsville, Tennessee, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 10, 1999, 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 19th day of September, 2000.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance