DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,053

PRIME MANUFACTURING
A DIVISION OF DAYTON-PHOENIX GROUP, INC.
OAK CREEK, WISCONSIN

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 March 18, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by International Association of Machinists,
District 10 on behalf of workers at Prime Manufacturing, a division
of Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc., Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The workers
produced locomotive accessories.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import locomotive accessories during 2000, 2001 or 2002.
Furthermore, a Department of Labor survey of the subject
firm's customers revealed no imports of locomotive accessories
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Prime
Manufacturing, a division of Dayton-Phoenix Group, Inc., Oak Creek,
Wisconsin are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of January, 2003.




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