DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,706

THERMO KING CORPORATION
DIVISION OF INGERSOLL RAND
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

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 July 30, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Thermo King
Corporation, Division of Ingersoll Rand Corporation, Bloomington,
Minnesota. The workers perform machining and copper tube bending
and brazing for affiliated production facilities.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
This investigation revealed that the subject firm has
transferred all production at Bloomington to other facilities,
located domestically. The transfer of machining and tube bending
and brazing to other domestic sites accounts for all the worker
separations at Bloomington.
Since all of the manufacturing at Bloomington is integrated
into other production at related facilities, the petitioning
workers could be eligible if there is a reduced demand from
affiliated facilities whose workers have independently met the
statutory criteria for certification. These conditions have not
been met for workers at Bloomington, Minnesota performing
machining and copper tube bending and brazing.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Thermo
King Corporation, Division of Ingersoll Rand Corporation,
Bloomington, Minnesota are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of August, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance