DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,987

METALDYNE
ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
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 September 4, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metaldyne, St. Marys, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
sintered powdered metal products for the automotive industry,
including pivots, pistons, airbag releases, and other parts. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.

The workers of the subject firm are currently certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under petition number,
TA-W-60,253, which will expire on October 30, 2008.
This investigation determined that employment at the subject
firm has continued to decline and there is a threat of worker
separations after the expiration of TA-W-60,253, cited above.
The investigation revealed that Metaldyne, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania, supplies component parts for exhaust manifolds and
turbo tubes and a loss of business with a manufacturer of exhaust
manifolds and turbo tubes whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Metaldyne, St.
Marys, Pennsylvania.
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 Metaldyne, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania 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 Metaldyne, St. Marys, Pennsylvania, who become
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 31, 2008, 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 17th day of September 2008


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