DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,135

FORD MOTOR COMPANY
POWERTRAIN OPERATIONS
VULCAN FORGING PLANT
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

Certification 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 herein presents the results of
its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on June 25, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by the International Union, United Automotive,
Aerospace, & Agriculture Implement Workers of America - UAW, Region
1A and Local 387 on behalf of workers of Ford Motor Company,
Powertrain Operations, Vulcan Forging Plant, Dearborn, Michigan.
The workers at the subject facility produced 3.0L and 4.0L
connecting rods. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject facility declined absolutely during the
period of January through March of 2003, when compared to the same
period in 2002. The subject firm shut down on April 1, 2003.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
3.0L connecting rods increased absolutely during the relevant
period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with 3.0 L connecting rods produced at
Ford Motor Company, Powertrain Operations, Vulcan Forging Plant,
Dearborn, Michigan contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production and
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ford Motor Company, Powertrain Operations,
Vulcan Forging Plant, Dearborn, Michigan who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 23, 2002
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 in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance