DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,139

WHITESELL CORPORATION
WORKING ON-SITE AT ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS
GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN


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 April 3, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by an authorized representative on behalf of
workers of Whitesell Corporation, working on-site at Electrolux
Home Products, Greenville, Michigan. The worker(s) were engaged in
activities related to the production of refrigerators.
The investigation revealed that workers of Whitesell
Corporation, were contracted to Electrolux Home Products,
Greenville, Michigan. Employment of the Whitesell Corporation
workers working on-site at Electrolux Home Products, Greenville,
Michigan declined during the period under investigation.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Electrolux
Home Products, Greenville, Michigan were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-
57,399, which expires on July 17, 2007.
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 conclude 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 Electrolux Home
Products, Greenville, Michigan. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:

"Workers employed by Whitesell Corporation, working on-site at
Electrolux Home Products, Greenville, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 13, 2005 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 May 2006.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance