DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,229

DANA CORPORATION
TRACTION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
SYRACUSE, INDIANA

TA-W-42,229A

DANA CORPORATION
TRACTION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
SYRACUSE, INDIANA

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 October 15, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the United Automobile, and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 1405 on
behalf of workers at Dana Corporation, Traction Technologies Group,
Department 606, Syracuse, Indiana (TA-W-42,229); and, Dana
Corporation, Traction Technologies Group, Department 782, Syracuse,
Indiana (TA-W-42,229A). The workers in Department 606 produced
differential cases and in Department 782 produced differential
carriers. These products are components, which are used in the
assembly of axles at other company facilities.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The company transferred production of differential carriers in
Department 782 from the subject facility to a foreign company
facility in November 2002. However, the company has not yet started
to import these products previously produced at the subject
facility.
While the company plans to transfer production of differential
cases in Department 606 from the subject facility to a foreign
company facility, this transfer has not yet occurred. Therefore,
the company has not yet begun to import these products from the
foreign facility.
The two Departments supply their products to affiliated
plant(s) that integrate the products produced by Departments 606
and 782 into axles. The company has not as of the period of this
investigation imported products like or directly competitive with
differential cases or carriers produced by Departments 606 or 782.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Dana
Corporation, Traction Technologies Group, Department 606, Syracuse,
Indiana; and, Dana Corporation, Traction Technologies Group,
Department 782, Syracuse, Indiana are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of December, 2002


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