Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/18/2000
Filed Date: 08/06/2001
Most Recent Update: 10/31/2001
Determination Date: 10/31/2001
Expiration Date: 10/31/2003
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,750
ARVIN MERITOR, INC.
LIGHT VEHICLE AFTERMARKET
PULASKI, TENNESSEE
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 August 6, 2001 in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Arvin Meritor, Inc., Light Vehicle Aftermarket, Pulaski, Tennessee. The workers produce shock absorbers for automobiles.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA - 05120).
The investigation revealed that sales, production and employment at the subject firm has declined since 1999.
The investigation also revealed that company is transferring production of shock absorbers to both domestic and foreign locations. Company imports of shock absorbers increased in September 2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.
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 shock absorbers produced at Arvin Meritor, Inc., Light Vehicle Aftermarket, Pulaski, Tennessee, 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 Arvin Meritor, Inc., Light Vehicle Aftermarket, Pulaski, Tennessee engaged in the production of shock absorbers, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 18, 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 31st day of October, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance