DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,727

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA

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 January 10, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Division,
Chesapeake, Virginia. The workers produce truck seats.
Employment at the subject facility declined in 2005 and
2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility
supplies component parts for trucks, and at least 20 percent of
its production or sales are supplied to a manufacturer whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for trade 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 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 determine that workers of Johnson Controls,
Inc., Automotive Division, Chesapeake, Virginia qualifies 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 Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive
Division, Chesapeake, Virginia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 9,
2006 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 at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of January 2007

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