Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/14/2001
Filed Date: 03/04/2002
Most Recent Update: 05/03/2002
Determination Date: 05/03/2002
Expiration Date: 05/03/2004
Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,941
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
WARRENTON, GEORGIA
AND
TA-W-40,941A
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on May 3, 2002, applicable to workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, located in Warrenton, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2002 (67 FR 35141).
At the request of the company official, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers produced castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors. The company official reported that employment at the company's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant has declined. The sales of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at Chattanooga, Tennessee, have also declined. Layoffs of workers at the company's headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, providing administrative support services to Whelan Automotive Industries has also occurred. The output of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at the Chattanooga plant were for the same customer base as the Warrenton, Georgia plant.
Based on the new information provided by the company, the Department is amending the certification to expand coverage to workers of Wheland Automotive Industries in Chattanooga, Tennessee, including the workers at headquarters, engaged in employment related to the production of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-40,941 is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia (TA-W-40,941), and workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, including headquarters staff, engaged in employment related to the production of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at Chattanooga, Tennessee
(TA-W-40,941A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 14, 2001, through May 3, 2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,941
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
WARRENTON, GEORGIA
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 in response to a petition received on March 4, 2002 and filed by the company on behalf of workers at Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia. The workers gray iron brake drums and disc brake rotors.
The investigation revealed U.S. imports of brake drums and rotors (discs) of vehicles, not elsewhere specified or otherwise indicated, of headings 8701 to 8705 increased in January 2002 compared to January 2001.
The Department conducted a survey of customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of disc brake rotors and drums in 1999, 2000 and January-September 2001. The survey revealed that respondents that accounted for a significant percentage of the subject firm's decline in sales in January-September 2001 compared to the same period in 2000 increased their purchases of disc brake rotors and drum relative to their purchases from the subject firm while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm in January-September 2001 compared to 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 gray iron brake drums and disc brake rotors produced at Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia 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 Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 14, 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 3rd day of May, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,941
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
WARRENTON, GEORGIA
AND
TA-W-40,941A
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on May 3, 2002, applicable to workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, located in Warrenton, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2002 (67 FR 35141).
At the request of the company official, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers produced castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors. The company official reported that employment at the company's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant has declined. The sales of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at Chattanooga, Tennessee, have also declined. Layoffs of workers at the company's headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, providing administrative support services to Whelan Automotive Industries has also occurred. The output of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at the Chattanooga plant were for the same customer base as the Warrenton, Georgia plant.
Based on the new information provided by the company, the Department is amending the certification to expand coverage to workers of Wheland Automotive Industries in Chattanooga, Tennessee, including the workers at headquarters, engaged in employment related to the production of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-40,941 is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia (TA-W-40,941), and workers of Wheland Automotive Industries, including headquarters staff, engaged in employment related to the production of castings for brake drums and disc brake rotors at Chattanooga, Tennessee
(TA-W-40,941A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 14, 2001, through May 3, 2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
___________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,941
WHELAND AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
WARRENTON, GEORGIA
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 in response to a petition received on March 4, 2002 and filed by the company on behalf of workers at Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia. The workers gray iron brake drums and disc brake rotors.
The investigation revealed U.S. imports of brake drums and rotors (discs) of vehicles, not elsewhere specified or otherwise indicated, of headings 8701 to 8705 increased in January 2002 compared to January 2001.
The Department conducted a survey of customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of disc brake rotors and drums in 1999, 2000 and January-September 2001. The survey revealed that respondents that accounted for a significant percentage of the subject firm's decline in sales in January-September 2001 compared to the same period in 2000 increased their purchases of disc brake rotors and drum relative to their purchases from the subject firm while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm in January-September 2001 compared to 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 gray iron brake drums and disc brake rotors produced at Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia 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 Wheland Automotive Industries, Warrenton, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 14, 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 3rd day of May, 2002
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance