DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,767

UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE MANUFACTURING
MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA


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, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the USWA, Local 351L, on behalf
of workers at Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing, Michelin
North America, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Workers produced
passenger and light-truck replacement tires.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm during the relevant
period.
The company increased its imports of passenger and light-
truck replacement tires relative to plant production in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Uniroyal
Goodrich Tire Manufacturing, Michelin North America, Inc.,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 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 Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing,
Michelin North America, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 30, 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 8th day of March 2002

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