DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,261

DAYTON PATTERN, INC.
DAYTON, OHIO

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 April 8, 2002 in
response to a petition by IAM&AW LL PM2808 filed on behalf of
workers at Dayton Pattern, Inc., Dayton, Ohio. The workers
produce patterns and tooling to make castings.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import patterns or tooling during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of castings and tooling
in 2000 and 2001. Respondents reported no imports in the
relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by the company on behalf of
workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6012).










Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Dayton Pattern, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, engaged in employment
related to the production of patterns or tooling, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of June, 2002.



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