Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/14/2001
Filed Date: 05/28/2002
Most Recent Update: 10/10/2002
Determination Date: 10/10/2002
Expiration Date: 02/10/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,585
KENNAMETAL INC.
GREENFIELD TAP PLANT
GREEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of October 21, 2002, the company requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on October 10, 2002, based on the finding
that imports of high speed steel taps did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the Greenfield plant. The
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on November
5, 2002 (67 FR 67421).
To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner
supplied information indicating that workers at an affiliated
sister location, Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Products Group,
Lyndonville, Vermont were certified for TAA under TA-W-41,616.
The petitioner further indicated that the subject plant produced
the same products (same size high speed steel taps) as those
produced at the Lyndonville plant.
On review of the initial investigation, and further contact
with the company, it has become apparent that the workers of the
subject plant and the workers at the Lyndonville, Vermont
facility produced products like or directly competitive and for
the same customer base. The workers of Kennametal Inc.,
Greenfield Industrial Products Group, Lyndonville, Vermont (TA-W-
41,616) were certified on September 4, 2002. That TAA
certification was based on a survey of customer(s) increasing
their imports of products like or directly competitive with what
the subject plant produced.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Kennametal
Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant,
Greenfield, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 14, 2001 through
two years from the date of this certification, are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of February 2003.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,585
KENNAMETAL INC.
GREENFIELD TAP PLANT
GREENFIELD, 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 eli-
gibility 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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and
(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 28, 2002, filed by Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap
Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts. The workers produced high speed
steel taps.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not import high speed steel taps.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major customers
of the subject firm. That survey showed that the subject firm’s
customers have not increased their imports of high speed steel
taps.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of October 2002.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,585
KENNAMETAL INC.
GREENFIELD TAP PLANT
GREEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration
By letter of October 21, 2002, the company requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on October 10, 2002, based on the finding
that imports of high speed steel taps did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the Greenfield plant. The
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on November
5, 2002 (67 FR 67421).
To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner
supplied information indicating that workers at an affiliated
sister location, Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Products Group,
Lyndonville, Vermont were certified for TAA under TA-W-41,616.
The petitioner further indicated that the subject plant produced
the same products (same size high speed steel taps) as those
produced at the Lyndonville plant.
On review of the initial investigation, and further contact
with the company, it has become apparent that the workers of the
subject plant and the workers at the Lyndonville, Vermont
facility produced products like or directly competitive and for
the same customer base. The workers of Kennametal Inc.,
Greenfield Industrial Products Group, Lyndonville, Vermont (TA-W-
41,616) were certified on September 4, 2002. That TAA
certification was based on a survey of customer(s) increasing
their imports of products like or directly competitive with what
the subject plant produced.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Kennametal
Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant,
Greenfield, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 14, 2001 through
two years from the date of this certification, are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of February 2003.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,585
KENNAMETAL INC.
GREENFIELD TAP PLANT
GREENFIELD, 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 eli-
gibility 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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and
(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 28, 2002, filed by Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap
Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts. The workers produced high speed
steel taps.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not import high speed steel taps.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major customers
of the subject firm. That survey showed that the subject firm’s
customers have not increased their imports of high speed steel
taps.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kennametal Inc., Greenfield Tap Plant, Greenfield, Massachusetts,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of October 2002.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance