DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,669

MATSUSHITA COMPRESSOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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. 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 on behalf of workers at
Matsushita Compressor Corporation of America, Mooresville, North
Carolina. The workers were engaged in activities related to the
production of room air conditioner compressors. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment and production at the subject plant is
related to a shift in plant production to an affiliated foreign
source.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm is
increasing their reliance on room air conditioner compressors
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with room air conditioner compressors
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
certifications:
"All workers of Matsushita Compressor Corporation of America,
Mooresville, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 29, 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 12th day of March, 2001

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