DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,577

LINK-BELT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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 January 22, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers
producing excavators at Link-Belt Construction Equipment,
Lexington, Kentucky. The workers produce excavator products.
This investigation revealed that the subject firm has
increased their proportional reliance on imported excavators while
reducing employment among the petitioning workers in anticipation
of a cessation of all excavator production at Lexington, Kentucky.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with excavators produced by Link-Belt
Construction Equipment, Lexington, Kentucky 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 producing excavators at Link-Belt Construction
Equipment, Lexington, Kentucky, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 10,
2000, 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 20th day of February, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance