DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,540

OXFORD AUTOMOTIVE
MASURY, OHIO

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 on July 2, 2001, and filed
on behalf of workers at Oxford Automotive, Masury Ohio. The
workers produced stampings, control arms, doorframes and socket
panels.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined during the period of this investigation.




The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major customers regarding their purchases of
stampings, control arms, doorframes and socket panels from abroad
during the relevant periods. The customers indicated a reliance
on imports from abroad while decreasing purchases from the
subject firm.
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 stampings, control arms, door frames
and socket panels produced at Oxford Automotive, Masury, Ohio,
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 Oxford Automotive, Masury, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 13, 2000, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of March 2002.

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