DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,719

ASSOCIATED SPRING
BARNES GROUP, INC.
DALLAS, TEXAS

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 February 4, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Associated Spring, Barnes Group, Inc., Dallas, Texas.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the production
of motor vehicle parts and accessories such as power brakes and
return springs for tractor trailer brake assemblies, compression
springs for automotive transmissions, and valve springs for
automobile engines. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
This investigation revealed that employment and production
at the subject plant decreased during the relevant periods.
The company increased its imports of valve springs in the
relevant time period.
Currently, the workers are under an existing petition
investigation for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance. The
identifying number is NAFTA-5801.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of company imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the motor vehicle
parts and accessories such as power brakes and return springs for
tractor trailer brake assemblies, compression springs for
automotive transmissions, and valve springs for automobile
engines produced at Associated Spring, Barnes Group, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas, 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 Associated Spring, Barnes Group, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 22, 2001, 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 12th day of April, 2002.


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