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TAW-61157A  /  Visteon Systems LLC (Connersville, IN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/19/2006
Filed Date: 03/20/2007
Most Recent Update: 04/23/2007
Determination Date: 04/23/2007
Expiration Date: 04/23/2009

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,157

VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC
CLIMATE CONTROL DIVISION
EVAPORATORS
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-61,157A

VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC
CLIMATE CONTROL DIVISION
RADIATOR/HEAT EXCHANGE
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CDI-IT SERVICES AND SYNOVA,
EMPLOYED THROUGH IBM CORPORATION, SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES
USA, INC., PREMIER MFG. SERVICES, KLEENAWAY SERVICES, WASTE
MANAGEMENT UPSTREAM, PMI, INC., COOLANT CONTROLS, PITNEY BOWES
AND CNC LOGISTICS

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on April 23, 2007,
applicable to workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control
Division, Evaporators, Connersville, Indiana and Visteon Systems,
LLC Climate Control Division Radiator/Heat Exchange,
Connersville, Indiana. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on May 9, 2007 (72 FR 26424).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of evaporators and radiators/heat
exchanges for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that the leased workers of the
above listed firms were contracted to work on-site at the
Connersville, Indiana location of Visteon Systems, LLC Climate
Control Division. These workers provided a variety of functions
supporting the production of evaporators and radiator/heat
exchange units manufactured at the subject firm. The Department
has determined that the above listed on-site worker groups are in
support of the production of evaporators and radiator/heat
exchange units at the subject firm and are sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm.
Since the workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control
Division, Evaporators and Radiator/Heat Exchange, Connersville,
Indiana are certified eligible to apply for ATAA, the Department
is extending that eligibility to the employees of the above
listed firms working on-site at the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers employed at Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control
Division, Evaporators and Radiator/Heat Exchange, Connersville,
Indiana who were adversely affected by a shift in production to
Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-61,157 is hereby
issued as follows:
"Workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control
Division, Evaporators, Connersville, Indiana (TA-W-
61,157) and Visteon Systems, LLC Climate Control
Division, Radiator/Heat Exchange, Connersville, Indiana
(TA-W-61,157A), including on-site leased workers from
CDI-IT Services and Synova, employed through IBM
Corporation, Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.,
Premier Mfg. Services, KleenAway Services, Waste
Management Upstream, PMI, Inc., Pitney Bowes and CNC
Logistics, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 19, 2006 through
April 23, 2009, 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 26th day of July 2007.

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


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,157

VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC
CLIMATE CONTROL DIVISION
EVAPORATORS
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-61,157A

VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC
CLIMATE CONTROL DIVISION
RADIATOR/HEAT EXCHANGE
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

TA-W-61,157B

VISTEON SYSTEMS, LLC
CLIMATE CONTROL DIVISION
MODULES
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

Determinations 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 its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers’
separation or threat of separation and to the decline in
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on March 20, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by the International Union of Electronic,
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, Local 919 on
behalf of the workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control
Division, Connersville, Indiana. The workers are engaged in the
production of evaporators, radiators/heat exchanges, and modules
for the automotive industry. The workers are separately
identifiable by product line.
Evaporators and radiators/heat exchanges (TA-W-61,157 and TA-W-
61,157A):
It is determined in this case that the requirements of
(a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met for workers of Visteon
Systems, LLC, Climate Control Division, Connersville, Indiana
producing evaporators and radiators/heat exchanges.
The decline in employment at the subject firm is related to a
shift in plant production of evaporators and radiators/heat
exchanges to a country (Mexico) that is party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Modules (TA-W-61,157B)
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B.) have not been met for workers of Visteon Systems,
LLC, Climate Control Division producing modules for the automotive
industry in Connersville, Indiana.
The investigation revealed that subject firm did not shift the
production of modules to a foreign country, nor did the subject
firm import modules.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
customers regarding their purchases of modules during 2004, 2005
and January through February 2007. The surveys determined that the
customers did not increase import purchases of modules during the
relevant period.
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 alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers of
Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control Division, Connersville,
Indiana (TA-W-61,157B), are denied eligibility to apply for TAA,
the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.

The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met for workers of Visteon
Systems, LLC, Climate Control Division, Connersville, Indiana (TA-
W-61,157 and TA-W-61,157A).
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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with evaporators and radiators/heat
exchanges produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certifications:
I determine that workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate
Control Division, Connersville, Indiana (TA-W-61,157B), engaged in
employment related to the production of modules are denied
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974.
"Workers of Visteon Systems, LLC, Climate Control Division,
Connersville, Indiana (TA-W-61,157 and TA-W-61,157A), engaged
in employment related to the production of evaporators and
radiators/heat exchanges, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 19, 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 23rd day of April, 2007

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






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