DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,471

DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
EAST JORDAN BRAKE OPERATIONS
EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN

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 December 26, 2000, and
filed by the company on behalf of workers at Dura Automotive
Systems, Inc., East Jordan Brake Operations, East Jordan,
Michigan. The workers produce automotive parking brake
components.
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and
production declined during the period of this investigation.
Further findings of the investigation revealed that the
subject firm's customers are increasingly relying on purchases of
automotive parking brake components from abroad.
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 automotive parking brake components
produced at Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., East Jordan Brake
Operations, East Jordan, Michigan, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., East Jordan
Brake Operations, East Jordan, Michigan, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
6, 1999, 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 17th day of April, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole



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