DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,816

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DOUBLETREE PERSONNEL, INC.
AND MEGA FORCE
BODY AND CHASSIS DIVISION
GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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 January 24, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Body and Chassis Division,
Goldsboro, North Carolina. Workers at the subject firm manufacture
rubber seal systems for automobiles, predominantly glass runs.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined from 2005 to 2006.
The subject firm also leased workers from Doubletree Personnel,
Inc., and Mega Force.
The investigation revealed that Cooper Standard Automotive,
Body and Chassis Division, Goldsboro, North Carolina supplied
component parts for Ford F-150 trucks, and at least 20 percent of
its production or sales are supplied to a manufacturer 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 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 workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, Body and Chassis Division, Goldsboro, North Carolina
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 Cooper Standard Automotive, Body and Chassis
Division, including on-site leased workers from Doubletree
Personnel, Inc., and Mega Force, Goldsboro, North Carolina,
who became totally separated from employment on January 23,
2006, 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 5th day of March 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance