DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,653

TRW AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS GROUP
AUBURN, NEW YORK

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 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:

(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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate 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 February 5, 2001, filed by the International Chemical
Workers Union Council 192C, behalf of workers at TRW Automotive
Electronics Group, Auburn, New York. The workers are engaged in
the production of remote keyless entry modules for automobiles.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4502).
A decision on that petition will be made concurrently with this
determination.
This investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined in January-February 2001
compared with the same period in 2000. Investigative findings
further revealed that TRW Automotive Electronics Group, Auburn,
New York did not import articles that were like or directly
competitive with the articles produced at the subject plant.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of TRW Automotive Electronics Group, Auburn, New York,
regarding their purchases of remote keyless entry modules for
automobiles in 1999, 2000, and the first-quarter of 2001. The
survey revealed that the respondents reported no imports during
the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that any separations at
the subject firm were the result of the sharp economic slowdown
which has gripped the country in recent months.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of TRW
Automotive Electronics Group, Auburn, New York are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of August, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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