DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,278

ST. JOSEPH INDUSTRIES, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN

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 June 22, 2010 by a Michigan One-Stop Operator on
behalf of workers of St. Joseph Industries, Inc., Automotive
Department, Battle Creek, Michigan. The workers manufactured
cable assemblies for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of St. Joseph
Industries, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
production of cable assemblies, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of cable assemblies by St. Joseph Industries
have decreased absolutely during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the cable assemblies produced by St. Joseph Industries,
Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at St. Joseph Industries, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of St. Joseph
Industries, Inc., Automotive Department, Battle Creek,
Michigan, who were engaged in employment related to the
production of cable assemblies, 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 St. Joseph Industries, Inc., Automotive
Department, Battle Creek, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 10,
2009, 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 12th day of November, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance