DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,227

ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY – CHASSIS DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS AT
OLSTEN STAFFING, FOOD SERVICE, INC,
IH SERVICES, SECURITAS AND
HUFFMASTER CO., FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEFENDER SERVICES
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Amended 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) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on August 2, 2004,
applicable to workers of Robert Bosch Corporation, Automotive
Technology – Chassis Division, including leased workers at Olsten
Staffing, Sumter, South Carolina. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on August 20, 2004 (69 FR 51716).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information
shows that the leasing firm originally named Defender Services,
was renamed Huffmaster Co. in early 2005. The State agency
reports that some workers wages at Defender Services, working on-
site at Sumter, South Carolina location of the subject firm, are

being reported under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account
for Huffmaster Co.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include
all workers employed at Robert Bosch Corporation, Automotive
Technology – Chassis Division, who were adversely affected by a
shift in production to Mexico.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,227 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Robert Bosch Corporation, Automotive
Technology – Chassis Division, Sumter, South Carolina,
including leased workers of Olsten Staff, Food Service,
Inc., IH Services, Securitas and Huffmaster Co,
formerly known as Defender Services, working at Robert
Bosch Corporation, Automotive Technology – Chassis
Division, Sumter, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 2,
2003, through August 2, 2006, 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 assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 14th day of February 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

________________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,227

ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY – CHASSIS DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS AT OLSTEN STAFFING
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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, 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 July 12, 2004 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Robert
Bosch Corporation, Automotive Technology – Chassis Division,
Sumter, South Carolina. The workers produce brakes and vacuum
boosters.
The investigation further revealed that Robert Bosch
Corporation, Automotive Technology – Chassis Division, Sumter,
South Carolina leased workers of Olsten Staffing and were engaged
in the production of brakes and vacuum boosters at Robert Bosch
Corporation, Automotive Technology – Chassis Division, Sumter,
South Carolina.
Employment at the subject plant has declined and the subject
firm has shifted production of brakes and vacuum boosters to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
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 eligi-
bility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA)
for older workers.
In addition, 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 conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in
production from the subject firm to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
“All workers of Robert Bosch Corporation, Automotive
Technology – Chassis Division, Sumter, South Carolina,
including leased workers of Olsten Staff working at Robert
Bosch Corporation, Automotive Technology – Chassis Division,
Sumter, South Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 2, 2003 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 assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.”

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of August, 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance