DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,947

CHARLEVOIX MANUFACTURING COMPANY
DIVISION OF HATER INDUSTRIES
CHARLEVOIX, 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 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 August 7, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Charlevoix Manufacturing Company, Division of Hater Industries,
Charlevoix, Michigan. The workers produce aluminum castings.
The investigation revealed that Charlevoix Manufacturing
Company, Division of Hater Industries, Charlevoix, Michigan,
supplies component parts for dampers and damper components and a
loss of business with a manufacturer of dampers and damper
components whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation or
threat of separation of workers at Charlevoix Manufacturing
Company, Division of Hater Industries, Charlevoix, Michigan.
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 Charlevoix Manufacturing
Company, Division of Hater Industries, Charlevoix, Michigan,
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 Charlevoix Manufacturing Company, Division of
Hater Industries, Charlevoix, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 6,
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 in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of September 2007

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance