DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,082

FORT WAYNE FOUNDRY CORPORATION
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by a company official and a
representative of Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics, and
Allied Workers International Union, Local 285 on behalf of
workers of Fort Wayne Foundry Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The workers produce aluminum castings for automobile parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fort Wayne
Foundry Corporation who are engaged in employment related to
aluminum castings for the automobile industry meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm became
totally or partially separated with the shutdown of the plant
in June of 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of aluminum castings by Fort Wayne Foundry
Corporation declined absolutely in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
aluminum castings produced by Fort Wayne Foundry Corporation
have increased relative to production at the subject plant.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of aluminum castings and or articles
like or directly competitive by customers of Fort Wayne
Corporation contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Fort Wayne
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fort Wayne
Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana, who are engaged in employment
related to aluminum castings for automobile parts meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Fort Wayne Corporation, Fort Wayne,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 31st day of July, 2009

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