DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,950

DELFIELD COMPANY
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN

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 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:
(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
separated;

(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 April 2, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Delfield Company, Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan. The workers are engaged in the manufacture
of food service equipment for the restaurant industry.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company im-
ports of articles like or directly competitive with the food
service equipment produced by Delfield Company, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Delfield Company, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, regarding
their purchases of food service equipment in 1999, 2000, and the
first-quarter of 2001. The survey revealed that no respondent
reported importing such equipment while decreasing purchases from
the subject firm during the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Delfield Company, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of June, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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