DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,531

BOSE CORPORATION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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 its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 18, 2004 and filed by
a company official on behalf of workers at Bose Corporation,
Hillsdale, Michigan. The workers produce automotive speakers and
remanufactured home entertainment systems; they are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The subject firm leased some of its workers from Manpower,
Hillsdale, Michigan.

The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm will decline absolutely due to
closure of the facility in July 2004.
The investigation also revealed that imports of automotive
speakers by the subject firm increased during the relevant time
period.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the automotive speakers produced
at the subject firm contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales and production at
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Bose Corporation, including leased workers of
Manpower, Hillsdale, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 17, 2004 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
I further determine that all workers of Bose Corporation,
including leased workers of Manpower, Hillsdale, Michigan are
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of April 2004.


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