DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,316

ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION
MAGNA DIVISION
A PART OF ROBERT BOSCH NORTH AMERICA
ELIZABETHTOWN, KENTUCKY

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 on October 22, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Magna Division, a part of
Robert Bosch North America, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The workers
at the subject facility produce screwdriver bits and nutsetters;
they are separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of screwdriver bits
and nutsetters to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with screwdriver bits and nutsetters
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Magna Division,
a part of Robert Bosch North America, Elizabethtown, Kentucky,
engaged in the production of screwdriver bits and nutsetters,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 21, 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 November, 2003.


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