DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,006

BOSCH-SUMTER PLANT
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY-CHASSIS DIVISION
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HUFFMASTER COMPANY,
IH SERVICES AND OLSTEN STAFFING
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 September 5, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bosch-Sumter Plant, Automotive Technology-Chassis
Division, Sumter, South Carolina. The workers produce automotive
brakes and brake boosters.
The worker group includes leased production related workers
from Huffmaster Company, IH Services and Olsten Staffing.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined in the relevant periods.
The subject firm has shifted a significant proportion of
production to a country (Mexico), which is 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 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.
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 Mexico 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 Bosch-Sumter Plant, Automotive Technology-
Chassis Division, Sumter, South Carolina, including onsite
leased workers of Huffmaster Company, IH Services and Olsten
Staffing who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 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 September 2006

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