DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,529

MEXICAN INDUSTRIES
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

TA-W-41,529A
DEARBORN, 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 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 May 13, 2002, filed by International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
(UAW), Region 1, Local 600, on behalf of workers at Mexican
Industries, Detroit, Michigan. The workers produced automotive
interior products (including air bags, spare tire covers, console
assemblies, and steering wheel systems).
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales, production, and employment. The
subject firm closed during June 2001.
The investigation also showed that United States imports of
"parts & accessories of bodies for motor vehicles of headings 8701
to 8705, inflators & modules for airbags" (category HTS8 87082910)
increased by 44.6 percent during the period January to July 2001 as
compared with the same period of 2000.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance was
filed in October 2001 on behalf of workers at the subject firm
(NAFTA-5388). A certification on that petition was signed on
January 2, 2002.
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 Mexican Industries,
Detroit, Michigan, 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 Mexican Industries, Detroit, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 23, 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 22nd day of November 2002.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner __
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance