DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,224

PORTER ENGINEERED SYSTEMS OHIO
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM GLOBAL TECHNICAL RECRUITERS
SOLON, OHIO

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 October 1, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Porter Engineered Systems Ohio, Solon, Ohio. Workers of
the subject firm assemble automotive seating parts/mechanisms; they
are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The subject firm leased workers from Global Technical
Recruiters to work on-site at Porter Engineered Systems Ohio,
Solon, Ohio.
The investigation revealed that declines in employment at
Porter Engineered Systems Ohio, Salon, Ohio are related to a shift
in the assembly of automotive seating parts to a country (Mexico)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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 the automotive seating
parts/mechanisms produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Porter Engineered Systems Ohio, including on-
site leased workers from Global Technical Recruiters, Solon,
Ohio who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 28, 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 17th day of October 2007

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S.KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance