DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,325

YOROZU AUTOMOTIVE MISSISSIPPI, INC.
VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI

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 November 3, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Yorozu Automotive Mississippi, Inc., Vicksburg,
Mississippi. The workers produce automotive suspension
components.
Employment at the subject firm declined in January to
September 2008 when compared to the same period 2007.
The investigation revealed that Yorozu Automotive
Mississippi, Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi supplies component
parts for automobiles, 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 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.
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 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 workers of Yorozu Automotive
Mississippi, Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi 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 Yorozu Automotive Mississippi, Inc.,
Vicksburg, Mississippi, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 31, 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 November 2008

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