DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,507

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE MICHIGAN, LLC
GREENVILLE BUSINESS UNIT DIVISION
GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN

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 (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 June 5, 2006 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Tower Automotive LLC, Greenville Business Unit Division,
Greenville, Michigan. The workers manufacture automotive metal
stampings and assemblies. Workers are not separately identifiable
by product.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customer regarding their purchases of
automotive metal stampings and assemblies in full year 2004, full
year 2005, and the periods of January through May 2005 and January
through May 2006. The survey revealed an increased reliance on
import purchases of automotive metal stampings and assemblies
during the period under investigation.
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 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 determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with automotive metal stampings and
assemblies produced at Tower Automotive Michigan, LLC, Greenville
Business Unit Division, Greenville, Michigan, 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 Tower Automotive Michigan, LLC, Greenville
Business Unit Division, Greenville, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May
22, 2005 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 29th day of June 2006

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