DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,569

ZF-MERITOR, LLC
MERITOR CLUTCH COMPANY
MAXTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on May 20, 2002 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at ZF-Meritor, LLC, Meritor
Clutch Company, Maxton, North Carolina. The workers produce
clutches for Class 8 trucks. Workers of the subject firm are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import clutches for Class 8 trucks during the relevant period.
Moreover, a Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's
major declining customers revealed no imports of clutches for Class
8 trucks.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6205).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at ZF-
Meritor, LLC, Meritor Clutch Company, Maxton, North Carolina
engaged in employment related to the production of clutches for
Class 8 trucks, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of June, 2002.



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