DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,248

ARVINMERITOR
GABRIEL RIDE CONTROL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
PINNACLE STAFFING
CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA

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 October 11, 2007,
applicable to workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control
Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on October 26, 2007 (72 FR 60910).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
The workers are engaged in the production of chrome rods.
New information shows that leased workers of Pinnacle
Staffing were employed on-site at the Chickasha, Oklahoma
location of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division. The
Department has determined that these leased workers were engaged
in on-site activities related to the production of chrome goods
at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Chickasha,
Oklahoma.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers of Pinnacle Staffing
working on-site at the Chickasha, Oklahoma location of the
subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers employed at ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control
Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma who were adversely-impacted by a
shift in production of chrome rods to Mexico.













The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,248 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control
Division, including on-site leased workers of Pinnacle
Staffing, Chickasha, Oklahoma, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
October 3, 2006, through October 11, 2009, 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 7th day of November 2007

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,248

ARVINMERITOR
GARBRIEL RIDE CONTROL DIVISION
CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA

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 October 4, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Chickasha,
Oklahoma. Workers of the subject firm produce chrome rods; they
are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division, Chickasha, Oklahoma
are related to a shift in production of chrome rods to a country
(Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 was a shift in production
from the workers’ firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with the chrome rods produced by
the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ArvinMeritor, Gabriel Ride Control Division,
Chickasha, Oklahoma who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 3, 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 11th day of October 2007.


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






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