DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,898

BESI, INC.
EAST DIVISION
VEVAY, 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 (19
USC 2273), 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 September 6, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at BESI, Inc., East division, Vevay, Indiana. The
workers at the subject firm make school bus seat covers.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm's
employment and production of school bus seat covers declined
during January through September 2005 when compared to the same
period in 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding its purchases of school bus seat
covers in 2003, 2004 and January through August 2005. The
survey revealed that the customer is reducing purchases from the
subject firm and relying on a portion on its school bus seat
cover requirements being sourced from a foreign supplier.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with school bus seat covers
produced by the subject firm contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"Workers of BESI, Inc., East division, Vevay, Indiana,
engaged in employment related to the production of school
bus seat covers, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 9, 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 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 17th day of October 2005.


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