DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,026

TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LLC
NORMAL DIVISION
NORMAL, ILLINOIS

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 August 23, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC, Normal Division, Normal,
Illinois. The workers produced brake and fuel bundles for the
automotive industry. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition TA-W-57,303 which
expired on July 1, 2007.
The investigation revealed employment at the subject firm
declined between 2005 and 2006 and in January through August 2007
when compared with the same period in 2006.
The subject firm has shifted a portion of production of brake
and fuel bundles to a country (Mexico) which is party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 of 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 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 Group Automotive Systems, LLC, Normal
Division, Normal, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 2, 2007 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 13th of September 2007


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