DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,289

TRW, INC.
CLEVELAND VALVE PLANT
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 eli-
gibility 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 April 15, 2002, filed on behalf of workers at TRW,
Inc., Cleveland Valve Plant, Cleveland, Ohio. The workers produced
engine valves and valve train components.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales and levels of employment.
The investigation also showed that the subject facility has
increased its imports of engine valves and valve train components.

A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed by the company on behalf of workers at the subject firm
(NAFTA-6047). A determination on that petition will be made
concurrently with this determination.
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 those produced by TRW, Inc., Cleveland
Valve Plant, Cleveland, Ohio, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales and 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 at TRW, Inc., Cleveland Valve Plant,
Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 3, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of May 2002.
/s/Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance