DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,895

TRW AUTOMOTIVE
OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEMS DIVISION
SPARKS, NEVADA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated May 29, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
TRW Automotive, Occupant Safety Systems, Sparks, Nevada. The
workers at the subject firm produce propellant for air bags.
The investigation revealed that production at the subject
firm declined from January through April 2003 when compared to
the same time period in 2002.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
propellant for air bags to a country (Germany). The company
will increase the imports of propellant for air bags following
the shift abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm to a foreign country of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of TRW Automotive, Occupant Safety Systems
Division, Sparks, Nevada, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 2002, through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of June 2003.

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