DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,295

COUPLED PRODUCTS LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS DANA CORPORATION
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO

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 October 28, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by United Auto Workers Local 1588 on
behalf of workers of Coupled Products LLC, formerly known as Dana
Corporation, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The workers produce hydraulic
brake components.
The investigation revealed that Coupled Products LLC, formerly
known as Dana Corporation, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, supplies component
parts for hydraulic brake systems and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of automotive brake assemblies whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
Coupled Products LLC, formerly known as Dana Corporation, Upper
Sandusky, Ohio.
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 Coupled Products LLC,
formerly known as Dana Corporation, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 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 Coupled Products LLC, formerly known as Dana
Corporation, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 23,
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 in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of December 2008


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