DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,507
ATLAS COPCO COMPRESSORS, INC.
HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS


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 separat-
ed;

(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 May 13, 2002, filed in
response to a petition filed by UE Local # 259, on behalf of all
workers at Atlas Copco Compressors, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Findings of the investigation revealed that criterion (1)
has not been met.
Employment increased in 2001 compared with 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Atlas
Copco Compressors, Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance