DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,142

NYLONCRAFT OF MICHIGAN, INC.
JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 5, 2009, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Nyloncraft of Michigan, Inc., Jonesville,
Michigan. The workers produce assorted automobile parts.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
at the subject facility during 2008 as compared with 2007, and also
during January 2009 as compared with the same month of the previous
year.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customer regarding its purchases of assorted
automobile parts during 2007, 2008, and January 2009 over the
corresponding month in 2008. The survey revealed that a customer
increased its purchases of imported automobile parts, while
decreasing its purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
time period.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with assorted automotive parts
produced at Nyloncraft of Michigan, Inc., Jonesville, Michigan,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Nyloncraft of Michigan, Inc., Jonesville,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 29, 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 in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of March 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance