DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,780

TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
SOMERSET, 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 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 March 5, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
Tecumseh Products Company, Somerset, Kentucky. The workers
produced compressors for refrigeration and air-conditioning.
The investigation revealed that compressors produced by
Tecumseh Products Company are marketed through normal retail
channels. Thus, the articles manufactured by the subject firm
have been impacted importantly by the high penetration of imports
into this market.
U.S. imports of compressors increased absolutely in 1999,
compared to 1998. In 1999, the ratio of imports to domestic
shipments was more than 284%.
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 compressors for refrigeration and air-
conditioning produced at Tecumseh Products Company, Somerset,
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 of Tecumseh Products Company, Somerset, Ken
tucky engaged in employment related to the production of
compressors for refrigeration and air-conditioning who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 2000 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 31st day of May, 2001


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