DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,340

NEW MONARCH MACHINE TOOL, INC.
CORTLAND, NEW YORK

Negative Determination 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 eligi-
bility 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separat-

ed;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on November 20, 2000, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at New Monarch
Machine Tool, Inc., Cortland, New York. The workers were engaged
in the production of vertical machining centers.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for worker adjustment assistance under
TA-W-35,196, which expired December 2, 2000. The basis for the
certification was that all criteria had been met.
This investigation reveals that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customers of the subject firm regarding purchases of vertical
machining centers. The survey revealed that the respondents did
not increase import purchases while reducing purchases from the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of New
Monarch Machine Tool, Inc., Cortland, New York are denied eligi-

bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of January, 2001.

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