DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,596

FIRST INTERIA SWITCH LTD.
GRAND BLANC, 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 December 20, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of First Inertia Switch LTD., Grand Blanc, Michigan.
The workers produced automotive controls.
The workers of the subject facility were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under TA-W-57,386, which
expired July 12, 2007.
The investigation revealed that separations of workers at
the Grand Blanc facility have occurred, and First Inertia Switch
Ltd., has shifted production to the Dominican Republic, a
country that a country that has a free trade agreement with the
United States..
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (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 conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to the Dominican Republic
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 First Inertia Switch Ltd., Grand Blanc,
Michigan who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 13, 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 10th day of January 2008


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