DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,208

FEDERAL-MOGUL WIPER PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF FEDERAL-MOGUL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
AND KELLEY SERVICES
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA

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 on December 13, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Federal-Anchor Wiper Products, a subsidiary of Federal-
Mogul, Michigan City, Indiana. Workers produced automotive wiper
and refill blades; they are not separately identifiable by specific
product.
The subject facility leased some on-site workers from Manpower
and Kelley Services.
The declines in employment at the subject facility are related
to a shift in production of automotive wiper and refill blades to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of Federal-Mogul Wiper Products, a subsidiary of
Federal-Mogul, including on-site leased workers of Manpower
and Kelley Services, Michigan City, Indiana who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
18, 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 29th day of December, 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance