DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,764

TRACTION MOTOR TRANSIT, INC.
WEST MFFLIN, PENNSYLVANIA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 10, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Traction Motor Transit, Inc., West Mifflin,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm produced traction
motors, gear reduction assemblies, rotors and braking resistors.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm supplies
traction motors, gear reduction assemblies, rotors and braking
resistors for propulsion systems and transit vehicles produced by a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance. A loss of business with this
manufacturer contributed importantly to worker separations or
threat of separation.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Traction Motor Transit,
Inc., West Mifflin, Pennsylvania qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Traction Motor Transit, Inc., West Mifflin,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 8, 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, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 24th day of December 2003.

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