DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,885

GROTE INDUSTRIES, LLC
HARNESS DIVISION
MADISON, INDIANA

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially sepa
rated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on March 19, 2001 in
response to a petition filed jointly by the company and the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
Local 2410, on behalf of workers at Grote Industries, LLC,
Harness Division, Madison, Indiana. The workers produced electri
cal wiring harnesses of safety signal systems for heavy duty
trucks/trailers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The company has decided to close permanently its Harness
Division and transfer most of the production to a foreign facil
ity. However, company imports will not begin to arrive until June
2001.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Grote
Industries, LLC, Harness Division, Madison, Indiana are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 26th day of April, 2001


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