DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,066

LEATHERWORKS, L.L.C.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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 September 3, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the United Automobile, Aerospace
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 985 on
behalf of workers at Leatherworks, L.L.C., Detroit, Michigan. The
workers produced cut leather for seat covers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import cut leather for seat covers during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of cut leather for seat covers
in 2000, 2001, and in January through July 2001 and 2002. This
survey revealed no imports of cut leather for seat covers during
the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by the United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW),
Local 985, on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6498).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Leatherworks, L.L.C., Detroit, Michigan engaged in employment
related to the production of cut leather for seat covers, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of October, 2002.



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