DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,622

ARVINMERITOR, INC.
LIGHT VEHICLES SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
OLSTEN STAFFING AGENCY
MULLINS, 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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 15, 2006, in
response to a petition filed of workers at ArvinMeritor, Inc.,
Light Vehicles Systems, Mullins, South Carolina. The worker
group also includes leased workers of Olsten Staffing Agency
working on-site at ArvinMeritor, Inc., Light Vehicles Systems,
Mullins, South Carolina. Workers at the subject firm produce
automotive window regulators and motors. They are not
separately identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that ArvinMeritor, Inc., Light
Vehicles Systems, Mullins, South Carolina, supplies component
parts for motor vehicles produced by the Ford Motor Company,
Norfolk, Virginia (TA-W-60,367, certified December 13, 2006),
the Ford Motor Company, St. Paul, Minnesota (TA-W-60,435,
certified December 15, 2006), and the Ford Motor Company,
Hazelwood, Missouri (TA-W-60,478, certified December 29, 2006),
and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied
to the manufacturers whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
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.
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 determine that workers of ArvinMeritor, Inc.,
Light Vehicles Systems, including on-site leased workers of
Olsten Staffing Agency, Mullins, South Carolina, qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ArvinMeritor, Inc., Light Vehicles Systems,
including on-site leased workers of Olsten Staffing Agency,
Mullins, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 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 1st day of February 2007

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