DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,538

TYSON BEARING COMPANY, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ROLLER BEARING COMPANY OF AMERICA
GLASGOW, KENTUCKY

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 May 13, 2002, and filed by the United Steel Workers of
America, Local 7461-01, on behalf of workers at Tyson Bearing
Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Roller Bearing Company
of America, Glasgow, Kentucky. The workers produce tapered roller
bearing rings and rollers and are not separately identifiable by
product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined during the relevant time period.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
products like those produced at the subject plant have increased
and contributed to separations at the facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with tapered roller bearing rings and
rollers produced by Tyson Bearing Company, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Roller Bearing Company of America, Glasgow, Kentucky,
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 Tyson Bearing Company, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Roller Bearing Company of America, Glasgow,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 17, 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 25th day of September 2002.


/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance