DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,737

COLLINS AND AIKMAN
PLASTICS DIVISION
NASHVILLE, 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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 18, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by United Steelworkers of America,
AFL-CIO/CLC, District 9, on behalf of workers of Collins and
Aikman, Inc., Plastics Division, Nashville, Tennessee. The
workers produced interior plastic automotive trim.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined in January through June 2006 compared with the
same period in 2005.
The investigation also revealed that Collins and Aikman,
Inc., Plastics Division, Nashville, Tennessee supplies component
parts for automobiles and at least 20 percent of its production
or sales was supplied to a manufacturer of automobiles whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
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 workers at Collins and Aikman,
Inc., Plastics Division, Nashville, Tennessee, qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Collins and Aikman, Inc., Plastics
Division, Nashville, Tennessee who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 17,
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 at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of August 2006.
/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance