DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,999

NEW HOLLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.
NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA

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 August 19, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at New
Holland Industries, Inc., New Holland, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce women's sleepwear apparel including nightgowns and robes.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate imports of
women's sleepwear apparel including nightgowns and robes during the
period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at New Holland
Industries, Inc., New Holland, Pennsylvania, 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 New Holland Industries, Inc., New Holland,
Pennsylvania engaged in employment related to the production
of women's sleepwear apparel including nightgowns and robes,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 6, 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 30th day of September, 2002.



_/s/Linda G. Poole___________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance