Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/25/2003
Most Recent Update: 04/08/2003
Determination Date: 04/08/2003
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,977
WABASH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS UNIT
HUNTINGTON, INDIANA
Notice of Termination of Negative Determination Regarding
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Negative Determination
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
on April 8, 2003, applicable to workers of Wabash Technologies,
Inc., Automotive Business Unit, located in Huntington, Indiana.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 24,
2003 (68 FR 20177).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the decision for workers of the subject firm. The workers produce
engine timing sensors and cam sensors. The review shows that on
July 23, 2002, all workers of Wabash Technologies, Inc.,
Automotive Business Unit, Huntington, Indiana, who were separated
from employment on or after May 2, 2001, were certified eligible
to apply for worker adjustment assistance under petition number
TA-W-41,526. The certification does not expire until July 23,
2004. The certification effectively includes workers at the
subject firm producing engine timing sensors and cam sensors.
Consequently, the Department is terminating the negative
determination issued to workers of Wabash Technologies, Inc.,
Automotive Business Unit, located in Huntington, Indiana, under
TA-W-50,977.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of June 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,977
WABASH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS UNIT
HUNTINGTON, INDIANA
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on February 25, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Wabash Technologies, Inc., Automotive Business Unit,
Huntington, Indiana. The workers at the subject facility produced
engine timing sensors and cam sensors.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility did not
import engine timing sensors and cam sensors or shift production of
engine timing sensors and cam sensors to a foreign country during
2001 or 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility’s
declining customer regarding its purchases of engine timing
sensors. This survey revealed no imports of engine timing sensors
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Wabash
Technologies, Inc., Automotive Business Unit, Huntington, Indiana,
engaged in the production of engine timing sensors and cam sensors
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of April, 2003.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance