DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,920

HERITAGE PRODUCTS, INC.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA

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 January 15, 2009 in response to
a worker petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Heritage Products, Inc., Crawfordsville, Indiana. The workers produce
automotive suspension parts.
The investigation revealed that Heritage Products, Inc.,
Crawfordsville, Indiana supplied automotive suspension parts for
motor vehicles and a loss of business with a manufacturer of motor
vehicles whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation or
threat of separation of workers at Heritage Products, Inc.,
Crawfordsville, Indiana.
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 Heritage Products, Inc., Crawfordsville,
Indiana, 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 Heritage Products, Inc., Crawfordsville, Indiana who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 15, 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 6th day of February 2009


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance