DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,800

TI AUTOMOTIVE
NEW HAVEN PLANT
NEW HAVEN, 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 March 12, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at TI
Automotive, New Haven Plant, New Haven, Michigan. The workers
produce automotive electrical connectors.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company imports
increased in the relevant period causing separations at the
subject plant.
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 electrical connectors at
TI Automotive, New Haven Plant, New Haven, Michigan, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or 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 TI Automotive, New Haven Plant, New Haven,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from em-

ployment on or after February 28, 2000, 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 5th day of April, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance