DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,921

PACKARD ELECTRIC SYSTEMS
DIVISION OF DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
GADSDEN, ALABAMA

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 August 5, 2002, filed by the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers and
Communications Workers of America on behalf of workers at Packard
Electric Systems, Division of Delphi Automotive Systems, Gadsden,
Alabama. The workers produced automobile engine wiring harnesses.


Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in production and employment during the
relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its imports of automobile engine wiring harnesses during
the relevant period.
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 Delphi Packard Electric
Systems, Gadsden, Alabama, 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 Packard Electric Systems, Division of
Delphi Automotive Systems, Gadsden, Alabama, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 24, 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 18th day of October 2002.

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