DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,759

ARVIN MERITOR, LLC
DIVISION OF LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS
DETROIT, 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 (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 April 7, 2009 in response
to a petition filed by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Arvin Meritor, LLC, Division of Light Vehicle Systems,
Detroit, Michigan. The workers produce suspension modules, sun
roofs, and coil/shock assemblies.
The investigation revealed that Arvin Meritor, LLC, Division
of Light Vehicle Systems, Detroit, Michigan, supplies component
parts for trucks and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
are supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 Arvin Meritor, LLC,
Division of Light Vehicle Systems, Detroit, Michigan 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 Arvin Meritor, LLC, Division of Light Vehicle
Systems, Detroit, Michigan who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 8, 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 8th day of May 2009
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance