DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,236

STRIPPIT/LVD
AKRON, NEW YORK

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 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 October 22, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District 65 on behalf of workers
at Strippit/LVD, Akron, New York. The workers produce metal
forming machines.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import metal forming machines during the relevant period.
Moreover, a Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed negligible increases in imports during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Strippit/LVD, Akron, New York engaged in employment related to the
production of metal forming machines, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of April, 2002.



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