DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,788

TI AUTOMOTIVE
TOOL PLANT
BRAKE AND FUEL DIVISION
CHESTERFIELD, MICHIGAN

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, 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 5, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at TI Automotive, Tool Plant, Brake and Fuel Division,
Chesterfield, Michigan. The workers produce assembly/robotic
machines for the automotive industry and are not separately
identifiable along production lines.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm are related to the production of brake and fuel lines
produced at TI Group Automotive Systems LLC, Normal, Illinois.
The worker group at TI Group Automotive Systems LLC, Normal,
Illinois (TA-W-62,026) was certified as eligible to apply for
trade benefits on September 13, 2007, due to a shift in
production from that facility to Mexico.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject firm are related to a
shift in production of brake and fuel lines from TI Group
Automotive Systems LLC, Normal, Illinois (TA-W-62,026) to a
country (Mexico) that party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
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 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 those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of TI Automotive, Tool Plant, Brake and Fuel
Division, Chesterfield, Michigan who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 2,
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 20th day of September, 2007

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