Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 12/23/2004
Filed Date: 12/23/2005
Most Recent Update: 02/02/2006
Determination Date: 02/02/2006
Expiration Date: 02/02/2008
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,545
GARNER AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL, INC.
MANUFACTURING PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE
TA-W-58,545A
GARNER AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL, INC.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
BARTLETT, TENNESSEE
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 23, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc., Manufacturing
Plant, Lexington, Tennessee and Garner Automotive Electrical,
Inc., Administrative Office, Bartlett, Tennessee. The workers
are engaged in the production of automotive alternators and
starters.
Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc., Manufacturing Plant,
Lexington, Tennessee:
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined 2003, 2004 and January through November 2005
over the corresponding 2004 period.
The investigation also revealed that company imports
alternators and starters accounted for an increasing share of
sales from January through November 2005 over the corresponding
2004 period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that Garner
Automotive Electrical, Inc., Manufacturing Plant in Lexington,
Tennessee, leased some workers from Manpower in Huntingdon,
Tennessee.
Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc., Administrative Office,
Bartlett, Tennessee:
The workers of Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc.,
Administrative Office, Bartlett, Tennessee, provided support
services for the firm's manufacturing plant in Lexington,
Tennessee.
The investigation determined that there was a decline in
employment at the Administrative office from January through
November 2005 over the corresponding 2004 period.
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.
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 do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with automotive alternators and
starters produced by Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc.,
Manufacturing Plant, Lexington, Tennessee, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Garner Automotive Electrical, Inc.,
Manufacturing Plant, Lexington, Tennessee, including on-
site leased workers of Manpower (TA-W-58,545), and Garner
Automotive Electrical, Inc., Administrative Office,
Bartlett, Tennessee (TA-W-58,545A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
23, 2004, 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 2nd day of February, 2006
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance