DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,546

HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND
ROCKFORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPAIR DIVISION
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

Negative Determinations 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.
The investigation was initiated on December 23, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by the International Union, UAW,
Region 4, and Local Union 592, on behalf of workers of Hamilton
Sundstrand, Rockford Customer Service Repair Division, Rockford,
Illinois. The workers repair aerospace electrical and actuation
systems. Workers in this business group are separately identifiable
from other Hamilton Sundstrand business groups at the Rockford
location.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The aircraft electrical and actuation
system repair workers described above do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically and
thus the worker group can not be considered import impacted or
affected by a shift in production of an article.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Hamilton
Sundstrand, Rockford Customer Service Repair Division, Rockford,
Illinois are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of January, 2006


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