DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,299

TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
POWER DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF HAMILTON-RYKER
CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI

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 November 9, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tecumseh Products Company, Power Division, Corinth,
Mississippi. The workers produce gasoline engines, electric
starters and hermetic motors. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers of Hamilton-Ryker.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the Corinth facility will decline absolutely upon its
shutdown, scheduled for December 28, 2005.
The decline in employment at the subject facility is directly
attributable to a shift in production to both Brazil and Mexico of
the products manufactured there. Imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced at the facility are
expected to increase.
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 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 Brazil and Mexico of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely
to be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Tecumseh Products Company, Power Division,
including leased workers of Hamilton-Ryker, Corinth,
Mississippi who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 8, 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 14th day of December 2005

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