Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 11/20/2002
Filed Date: 12/03/2003
Most Recent Update: 01/08/2004
Determination Date: 01/08/2004
Expiration Date: 01/08/2006
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,695
CONTINENTAL TEVES
A DIVISION OF CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA
A DIVISION OF CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
A DIVISION OF CONTINENTAL AG
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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.
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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 3, 2003 in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Continental Teves, a division of Continental Automotive Systems North America, a division of Continental Automotive Systems, a division of Continental AG, Asheville, North Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produced automotive vacuum boosters and hydraulic master cylinders.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject facility is related to a shift in production of automotive vacuum boosters and hydraulic master cylinders to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from the workers’ firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of who Continental Teves, a division of Continental Automotive Systems North America, a division of Continental Automotive Systems, a division of Continental AG, Asheville, North Carolina became totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 20, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of January 2004.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance