DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,069

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
NOICE, VIBRATION AND HARSHNESS DIVISION
AUBURN, INDIANA

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 September 13, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by United Steelworkers, Local 634L
on behalf of workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Noise,
Vibration, and Harshness Division, Auburn, Indiana. The workers
produce molded automotive rubber parts (i.e. trans mounts,
engine mounts and bushings).
The decline in employment at the subject firm is related to
a shift in production of molded automotive rubber parts (i.e.
trans mounts, engine mounts and bushings) to China, South Korea
and India. It is likely that company imports of these articles
will increase.
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 conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China, South Korea and
India of articles that are like or directly competitive with
molded automotive rubber parts (i.e. trans mounts, engine mounts
and bushings) produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and
there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like
or directly competitive articles. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Noise,
Vibration, and Harshness Division, Auburn, Indiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 8, 2005, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 6th day of October, 2006


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