DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,960

HARTFORD BALL/HARTFORD BEARING
A SUBSIDIARY OF VIRGINIA INDUSTRIES, INC.
ROCKY HILL, CONNECTICUT

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 on August 12, 2002, and filed
by the United Auto Workers (UAW), Region 9A on behalf of the
workers at Hartford Ball/Hartford Bearing, a subsidiary of Virginia
Industries, Inc., Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The workers at the
subject firm produce ball bearings.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
absolutely at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm increased its
imports of ball bearings during the relevant period.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ball bearings produced at
Hartford Ball/Hartford Bearing, a subsidiary of Virginia
Industries, Inc., Rocky Hill, Connecticut, contributed importantly
to the decline 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 Hartford Ball/Hartford Bearing, a subsidiary
of Virginia Industries, Inc., Rocky Hill, Connecticut, engaged
in employment related to the production of ball bearings who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 24, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of September, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance