DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,844

LEAR CORPORATION
INTERIOR SYSTEMS DIVISION (ISD)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AXIOM TEMPORARY AGENCY
STRASBURG, 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 29, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Lear Corporation, Interior Systems Division (ISD),
Strasburg, Virginia. Workers at the subject firm produce
automotive interior parts; workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The subject firm also leases some workers from Axiom
Temporary Agency, Strasburg, Virginia.
The investigation revealed that Lear Corporation, Interior
Systems Division (ISD), Strasburg, Virginia, supplies component
parts for automotive vehicles, and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
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 determine that workers of Lear Corporation,
Interior Systems Division (ISD), Strasburg, Virginia 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 workers Lear Corporation, Interior Systems
Division (ISD), including on-site leased workers from Axiom
Temporary Agency, Strasburg, Virginia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 28,
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 28th day of February 2007.

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