DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,615

AFTERMARKET TECHNOLOGIES
AARON'S AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
JOPLIN, MISSOURI

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 eligi-
bility 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 June 3, 2002, in response
to a petition filed by on behalf of workers at Aftermarket
Technologies, Aaron's Automotive Products, Inc., Joplin,
Missouri. Workers at the subject firm produced remanufactured
transmissions.
A NAFTA Transitional Adjustment petition has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6212).
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm is transferring production at the Joplin
plant to other affiliated domestic facilities.
The subject firm did not import remanufactured transmissions
during the relevant period of this investigation.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customer regarding its purchases of remanufactured
transmissions. The respondent reported that it did not import
this product.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Aftermarket Technologies, Aaron's Automotive Products, Inc.,
Joplin, Missouri, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of August 2002.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance