Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,138

ASSOCIATED SPRING
A SUBSIDIARY OF BARNES GROUP, INC.
SALINE, 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, 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 March 19, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by the International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Region 1A
and Local Union 38, on behalf of workers of Associated Spring, a
subsidiary of Barnes Group, Inc., Saline, Michigan. Workers at the
subject firm manufacture valve and torque converter clutch (TCC)
springs. Workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment declined during the
period of January through February 2007, when compared to the same
time period in 2006.
Furthermore, the subject firm shifted a portion of the
production of TCC springs to a country (Mexico) that is party to a
free trade agreement with the United States.
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 there has been a shift in
production of TCC springs from the workers' firm or subdivision to
Mexico of articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Associated Spring, a subsidiary of Barnes
Group, Inc., Saline, Michigan, who became totally separated
from employment on March 14, 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 13th day of April 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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