DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,053

OAKLEY SUB ASSEMBLY
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To
Apply for 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 September 12, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers at Oakley Sub Assembly, Shreveport, Louisiana.
The workers mount, balance, and sequence tires and wheel assemblies
for General Motor trucks.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Oakley Sub Assembly,
Shreveport, Louisiana supplies component parts and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of trucks whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly
to the separation or threat of separation of workers at Oakley Sub
Assembly, Shreveport, Louisiana.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry) are adverse.

The Department has determined that criterion two has not been
met.
The investigation revealed the workers possess skills that are
easily transferable.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Oakley Sub Assembly,
Shreveport, Louisiana, 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 Oakley Sub Assembly, Shreveport, Louisiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 12, 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."
I further determine that all workers of Oakley Sub Assembly,
Shreveport, Louisiana, are denied eligibility 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 October 2008

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