DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,649

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 December 20, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Strattec Security Corporation, Service Department,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject division
produce automotive keys, locks, latches, and housings; they are
not separately identifiable by product.
This investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject division is related to a
shift in production of automotive keys, locks, latches, and
housings to Mexico, a country that is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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 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 do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there has been a shift in
production from Strattec Security Corporation, Service
Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the automotive keys, locks,
latches, and housings produced by that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Strattec Security Corporation, Service
Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
14, 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 25th day of January, 2007


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