Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 12/11/2003
Most Recent Update: 01/09/2004
Determination Date: 01/09/2004
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,776
VALEO INC.
ENGINE COOLING DIVISION
GREENSBURG, 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 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 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:
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;
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
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 December 11, 2003 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Valeo, Inc., Engine Cooling Division, Greensburg, Indiana. The workers at the subject firm produce radiators and condensers for the automobile and light truck industry.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not import radiators or condensers, nor did it shift production abroad in 2001, 2002, or January through November of 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that a substantial portion of the production at the Greensburg plant will be done at another domestic facility, accounting for virtually all of the decline in production at the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Valeo, Inc., Engine Cooling Division, Greensburg, Indiana are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of January 2004.
/s/ Richard Church
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Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance