DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,953

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
NORTH AMERICAN SEALING SYSTEMS
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply
for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC
2273), as amended, 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 investigation was initiated on January 7, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, North American Sealing Systems, Griffin, Georgia. The
workers at the subject firm produce rubber door and window seals.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from January through November 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of rubber door and window seals
in 2001, 2002 and 2003. These surveys revealed increases in customer
imports of this product during the relevant period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the

Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject firm
possess skills that are easily transferable.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject firm
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to
the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, North American
Sealing Systems, Griffin, Georgia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 6,
2003, 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
I further determine that all workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, North American Sealing Systems, Griffin, Georgia
are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of February 2004.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance