DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,225

DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
A SUBSIDIARY OF DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC
SEATS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FURST STAFFING
STOCKTON, ILLINOIS

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 June 16, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Dura Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of Dura
Automotive Systems, Inc., Seats Division, Stockton, Illinois
(Dura Automotive Systems). The workers produce automotive
seat, door, and hood component parts. Workers are not
separately identifiable by produce line. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Furst Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dura Automotive
Systems who are engaged in employment related to production of
seat components used in the production of automobiles meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers' were separated in January through April 2009 when
compared to the same period in 2008.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
seat components from Mexico and Canada by Dura Automotive
Systems contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Dura Automotive Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dura Automotive
Systems, a subsidiary of Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., Seats
Division, Stockton, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of seat components used in
automobiles, 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 Dura Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of
Dura Automotive Systems, Inc., Seats Division, including
on-site leased workers from Furst Staffing, Stockton,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 5, 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 9th day of November, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance