DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,353

AUBURN TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDARY OF
BOMBARDIER TRANSPORATION NORTH AMERICA
AUBURN, NEW YORK

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 May 8, 2006 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Auburn Technology Incorporated, a subsidiary of Bombardier
Transportation North America in Auburn, New York. The workers
produce aerospace components and railcar undercarriage frames.
The investigation determined that the threatened decline in
employment at the subject firm is related the shift in production
aerospace components and railcar undercarriage frames to countries
(Mexico and Canada) that are a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico and Canada of aerospace
components and railcar undercarriage frames produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of Auburn Technology Incorporated, a subsidiary
of Bombardier Transportation North America, Auburn, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 5, 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 22nd day of May 2006


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