DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,180

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
FLUID SYSTEMS DIVISION – ARCHBOLD, OHIO PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES, MSX INTERNATIONAL AND ANGOLA PERSONNEL
ARCHBOLD, OHIO

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on February 4, 2008,
applicable to workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Fluid
Systems Division – Archbold, Ohio Plant, Archbold, Ohio,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and MSX
International. The notice was published in the Federal Register
on February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9835).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of brazed and coated, welded and
stainless steel tubing for automotive fuel and brake
applications.
New information shows that leased workers of Angola
Personnel were employed on-site at the Archbold, Ohio location of
Fluid Systems Division, Archbold, Ohio Plant of Cooper Standard
Automotive. The Department has determined that these workers
were sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers of Angola Personnel
working on-site at the Fluid Systems Division, Archbold, Ohio
Plant location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers at Cooper Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems
Division, Archbold, Ohio Plant, Archbold, Ohio who were
adversely-impacted by increased imports of brazed and coated,
welded and stainless steel tubing for automotive fuel and brake
applications.



The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,180 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Fluid
Systems Division – Archbold, Ohio Plant, Archbold,
Ohio, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, MSX International, and Angola Personnel, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 20, 2006, through February 4,
2010, 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 2008

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



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,180

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
FLUID SYSTEMS DIVISION -ARCHBOLD, OHIO PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES AND
MSX INTERNATIONAL
ARCHBOLD, OHIO

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 its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 21, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems Division-
Archbold, Ohio Plant, Archbold, Ohio. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture brazed and coated, welded and stainless steel tubing
for automotive fuel and brake applications. Workers are separately
identifiable by product.
Employment, sales, and production at the subject firm in the
brazed and coated, welded and stainless steel tubing departments
declined during the period of January through August 2007, when
compared to the same time period in 2006.
The Department conducted a survey of the subject firm’s major
customers regarding purchases of brazed and coated, welded and
stainless tubing in 2005, 2006, and January through August 2007.
The survey revealed increased reliance on import purchases during
the period under investigation.
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 increases in imports of brazed and
coated, welded and stainless steel tubing produced by Cooper
Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems Division-Archbold, Ohio Plant,
Archbold, Ohio, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Cooper Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems
Division-Archbold, Ohio Plant, Archbold, Ohio, including on-
site leased workers from Kelly Services and MSX International,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 20, 2006, 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 4th day of February 2008


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






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