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TAW-75256  /  Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc. (New Lexington, OH)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 02/02/2010
Filed Date: 02/14/2011
Most Recent Update: 04/07/2011
Determination Date: 04/07/2011
Expiration Date: 04/07/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,256

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
NEW LEXINGTON, 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 February 14, 2011, on behalf of workers of Cooper
Standard Automotive, Inc., Cooper Standard Automotive, New
Lexington, Ohio. The workers are engaged in production of brake
line tubing for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, New Lexington, Ohio, who are engaged in activities
related to production of brake line tubing, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Cooper Standard
Automotive has shifted to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the New Lexington, Ohio facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the New Lexington, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, Inc., New Lexington, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to production of brake line tubing, 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 Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc., New
Lexington, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 2, 2010, 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 7th day of April, 2011

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