DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,089

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP
INTERIOR SYSTEMS DIVISION
a.k.a. TRIM SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
VOLT TEMPORARY SERVICES AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

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 March 5, 2007, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Commercial Vehicle
Group, Interior Systems Division, a.k.a. Trim Systems, Vancouver,
Washington. The worker group also includes leased workers of Volt
Temporary Services and Express Personnel working on site at
Commercial Vehicle Group, Interior Systems Division, Vancouver,
Washington. The workers produce interior components for commercial
motor vehicles.
The investigation revealed that Commercial Vehicle Group,
Interior Systems Division, a.k.a. Trim Systems, Vancouver,
Washington, supplies component parts for commercial motor 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 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 Commercial Vehicle
Group, Interior Systems Division, a.k.a. Trim Systems, Vancouver,
Washington, 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 Commercial Vehicle Group, Interior Systems
Division, a.k.a. Trim Systems, including on-site leased
workers of Volt Temporary Services and Express Personnel,
Vancouver, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 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 in Washington, D.C. this 27th day of March 2007


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