DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,156

WISCONSIN AUTOMATED MACHINERY CORP.
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

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 eligi-
bility 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 September 23, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union, District #10 and a
company official on behalf of workers at Wisconsin Automated
Machinery Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The workers were
engaged in employment related to the production of machinery for
woodworking, screen-printing, and metal cutting saws. The
workers were not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that plant production and
employment declined during the relevant period.


The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their reliance on imported machinery for woodworking,
screen-printing, and metal cutting saws during the relevant
period.
Workers at the subject facility are under an existing
investigation for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance under
NAFTA-6536.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with machinery for woodworking, screen-
printing, and metal cutting saws at Wisconsin Automated Machinery
Corporation, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin Automated Machinery Corporation,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially sepa-
rated from employment on or after September 5, 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 10th day of October, 2002.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance