DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,537

LEACH COMPANY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FEDERAL SIGNAL
REFUSE DIVISION
APPLETON, WISCONSIN

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, 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 22, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Leach Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Federal Signal,
Refuse Division, Appleton, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject
firm provide administrative support services (engineering, sales,
information technology, and customer service) related to the
production of refuse truck bodies.
The Department has determined that the workers were in support
of refuse truck bodies produced by Leach Company, Inc., in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin.
The decline in employment at Leach Company, Inc., a subsidiary
of Federal Signal, Refuse Division, Appleton, Wisconsin, is
related to the shift in production of refuse truck bodies from
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to a country (Canada) that is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
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 the workers in the workers' firm
possess skills that are easily transferable.



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 Canada 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 Leach Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Federal
Signal, Refuse division, Appleton, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 22, 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 Leach Company,
Inc., a subsidiary of Federal Signal, Refuse division, Appleton,
Wisconsin are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. 26th this day of January 2006.

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