DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,695

TUBULAR METAL SYSTEMS, LLC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLC.
PINCONNING, 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 July 15, 2008 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Tubular Metal Systems
LLC., a subsidiary of Global Automotive Systems, LLC., Pinconning,
Michigan. The workers produce fabricated metal tubing for the
automotive industry. The workers are not separately identifiable
by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that employment declined at the
subject firm during the relevant time period.
The investigation further revealed that Tubular Metal
Systems LLC., a subsidiary of Global Automotive Systems, LLC.,
Pinconning, Michigan, supplies component parts for heavy and
light duty trucks, and at least 20 percent of its production or
sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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 Tubular Metal Systems
LLC., a subsidiary of Global Automotive Systems, LLC., Pinconning,
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 Tubular Metal Systems, a subsidiary of Global
Automotive Systems, LLC., Pinconning, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 14, 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 30th day of July 2008


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