DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,834

COVERCRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
GLOBAL ACCESSORIES DIVISION
FREMONT, 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 November 13, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Covercraft Industries, Inc., Global Accessories
Division, Fremont, Ohio. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of cut and sewn automotive
accessories.
The investigation revealed that workers of Covercraft
Industries, Inc., Global Accessories Division, Fremont, Ohio
who are engaged in employment related to the production of cut
and sewn automotive accessories, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated at the Fremont, Ohio
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Fremont, Ohio location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Covercraft Industries, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Fremont,
Ohio facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Covercraft
Industries, Inc., Global Accessories Division, Fremont, Ohio,
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 Covercraft Industries, Inc., Global
Accessories Division, Fremont Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 9,
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 20th day of November, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance