DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,705

LINCOLN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

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 July 30, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Lincoln Automotive Company, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The workers
produce lifting equipment such as 4 ton service jacks, 20 ton
service jacks, 3/4 ton wheel dollies, « and 1 ton transmission
jacks.
Investigation findings show that workers of the subject firm
were previously certified under TA-W-36103A, which expired July
14, 2001.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in 2000 as compared with 1999 and
in the period of January-July 2001 as compared with the same
period in 2000.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
lifting equipment increased from 1999 to 2000, and in January-
July 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05131).
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 lifting equipment such as 4 ton
service jacks, 20 ton service jacks, 3/4 ton wheel dollies, « and
1 ton transmission jacks at Lincoln Automotive Company,
Jonesboro, Arkansas, 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 Lincoln Automotive Company, Jonesboro,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from em-

ployment on or after July 15, 2001, through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjust-

ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of August, 2001.

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