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TAW-61242  /  Visteon Corporation Regional Assembly (Chicago, IL)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 04/03/2007
Most Recent Update: 06/07/2007
Determination Date: 06/07/2007
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,242

VISTEON CORPORATION REGIONAL ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING, LLC
INTERIORS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF VISTEON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination 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. 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
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 in response to a petition
received on April 3, 2007, filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Visteon Corporation Regional Assembly and Manufacturing,
LLC, Interiors Division, a subsidiary of Visteon Corporation,
Chicago, Illinois. Workers at the subject firm produced instrument
panels, fuel tanks, and HVAC systems; they are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import instrument panels, fuel tanks, and HVAC systems during 2005,
2006 or January through March 2007 nor did it shift production to a
foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of instrument panels,
fuel tanks, and HVAC systems during 2005, 2006, and January through
March 2007. The survey revealed that the subject firm's major
declining customer did not import instrument panels, fuel tanks,
and HVAC systems during the relevant period. Moreover, the
customers are not currently eligible for trade adjustment
assistants.
The investigation revealed that Visteon Corporation Regional
Assembly and Manufacturing, LLC, Interiors Division, a subsidiary
of Visteon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois also leased workers on-
site from Manpower to produce instrument panels, fuel tanks, and
HVAC systems.
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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Visteon Corporation
Regional Assembly and Manufacturing, LLC, Interiors Division, a
subsidiary of Visteon Corporation, including on-site leased workers
of Manpower, Chicago, Illinois are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 7th day of June 2007

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance