DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,918

FELLOWS CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF GOLDMAN INDUSTRIES GROUP
NORTH SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT

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
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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 4, 2002, and filed by the United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 218 on behalf of workers
at Fellows Corporation, North Springfield, Vermont. The company is
a division of Goldman Industries Group. The workers produce
machine tools (gear shaping machine tools and gear cutters).


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001. The subject firm ceased production in February of 2002.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of machine tools (gear
shaping machine tools and gear cutters) during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Fellows
Corporation, North Springfield, Vermont 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 the at Fellows Corporation, a division of
Goldman Industries Group, North Springfield, Vermont, engaged
in employment related to the production of machine tools (gear
shaping machine tools and gear cutters), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 21,
2001, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of June, 2002.




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