DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,725
TI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLC
COLDWATER, 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
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 the United Auto Workers Union
Local 1898, on behalf of workers and former workers of TI
Automotive Systems, LLC, Coldwater, Michigan. The workers are
engaged in the production of fuel lines and brake lines.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period. The threat of imminent
employment declines is extant.


A survey conducted by the Department of Labor revealed that
major customers of the subject firm increased their relative
purchases of imported fuel lines and brake lines while decreasing
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
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 fuel lines and brake lines produced at
TI Automotive Systems, LLC, Coldwater, Michigan 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 TI Automotive Systems, LLC, Coldwater,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 7, 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 22nd day of April, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance