DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,154

DANA CORPORATION
TRACTION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

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 subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate 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 23, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Dana
Corporation, Traction Technologies Group, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The
workers produced axle components: carriers, PTO gears, differential
cases, differential gears, pinion mate shafts, and axle tubes.
These components were assembled into axles, which were produced at
other company plants.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met
for the workers engaged in the production of carriers, PTO gears,
differential cases, differential gears, pinion mate shafts and axle
tubes.
Sales and production of all products (except axle tubes):
carriers, PTO gears, differential cases, differential gears, and
pinion mate shafts at the Jonesboro plant increased in 2001
compared to 2000 and further increased January through September
2002 compared to the same period in 2001.
The production of pinion mate shafts was scheduled to cease in
late November 2002, due to the sale of this product line to another
domestic producer.
The production of PTO gears is being divested to another
company that will produce the product in Mexico sometime in early
2003.
The carrier line is being shifted to another domestic
location, with one line being shifted to Mexico towards the end of
the first quarter of 2003.
The remaining product lines are being divested to unaffiliated
companies that will produce the products domestically.
The company reported increasing their imports of carriers and
differential cases from January through September 2002 over the
corresponding 2001 period. However, company sales were
simultaneously increasing during the same time period.
Although the company imported axle tubes, the company imports
decreased in 2001 compared to 2000 and further declined from
January through September 2002 compared to the same period in 2001.
The employment declines for the workers producing axle tubes is
related to the sale of that line to another U.S. manufacturer.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Dana
Corporation, Traction Technologies Group, Jonesboro, Arkansas are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of December, 2002

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