DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,659

MOTOROLA ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA

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 February 12, 2001, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Motorola Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville,
Georgia. The workers produce battery packs.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4504).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this.


This investigation revealed that the subject firm has greatly
increased its reliance on imported battery packs while reducing the
production and employment levels at Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with battery packs produced by
Motorola Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville, Georgia 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 Motorola Energy Systems Group, Lawrenceville,
Georgia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 26, 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 7th day of March, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance