DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,842

WISCONSIN MACHINE TOOL CORPORATION
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN

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 on March 19, 2001, and filed
by the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement
Workers of America, International Union (UAW) on behalf of
workers at Wisconsin Machine Tool Corporation, West Allis,
Wisconsin. The workers produced numerical controlled machines.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined during the period of this investigation.
Further findings of the investigation revealed that
customers of the subject firm are relying on purchases of
numerical controlled machines from abroad.

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 numerical controlled machines produced
at Wisconsin Machine Tool Corporation, West Allis, Wisconsin,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Wisconsin Machine Tool Corporation, West
Allis, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 6, 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 30th day of July, 2001.



/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance