DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,624

CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
COLUMBUS, OHIO

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 27, 2009, by the International Association of
Machinists, Local Lodge 1471, on behalf of workers of Core
Molding Technologies, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. The workers produce
automobile body parts such as fenders, fender extensions, roofs,
and hoods for trucks. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Core Molding
Technologies, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
production of automotive body parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment declined by
at least 5 percent in the period January through April 2009
when compared to the same period of 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
automobile hoods to Mexico by Core Molding Technologies, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Core
Molding Technologies, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Core Molding
Technologies, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to production of automotive body 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 Core Molding Technologies, Inc., Columbus,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 20, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on 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 14th day of July, 2009.


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