DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,980

M & S MANUFACTURING COMPANY
PLANT 15
MORENCI, MICHIGAN

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
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:
(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 on September 1, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at M & S
Manufacturing Company, Plant 15, Morenci, Michigan. The workers
produced automotive parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed no increases in imports of
automotive parts by either the subject firm or the subject
facility's major declining customers.
The investigation further revealed that the majority of
production was transferred to another domestic facility, M & S
Manufacturing Company, Plant 12, Hudson, Michigan.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-5303).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at M & S
Manufacturing Company, Plant 15, Morenci, Michigan engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive parts, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of June, 2002.


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