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TAW-63446  /  Comau Plymouth Engineering (Plymouth, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/29/2007
Filed Date: 05/30/2008
Most Recent Update: 07/10/2008
Determination Date: 07/10/2008
Expiration Date: 07/10/2010

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,446

COMAU PLYMOUTH ENGINEERING
A SUBSIDIARY OF COMAU INCORPORATED
PLYMOUTH, 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 30, 2008, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Comau Plymouth
Engineering, a subsidiary of Comau Incorporated, Plymouth,
Michigan. The workers provide engineering and clerical support for
production by the firm.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject firm is in part related to increased imports articles
like or directly competitive with machined parts and unit build
parts for assembly lines produced by the firm. Workers of the
firm's production facility in Southfield, Michigan, were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with machined parts produced by Comau
Incorporated, 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 Comau Plymouth Engineering, a subsidiary of
Comau Incorporated, Plymouth, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 29, 2007
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 10th day of July 2008.


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