DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,311

MCKECHNIE VEHICLE COMPONENTS
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 (19 USC
2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on in response to a petition
received on May 5, 2008 in response to a petition filed by a
company official on behalf of workers of McKechnie Vehicle
Components, Newberry, South Carolina. The workers produce wheel
trim for trucks.
The investigation revealed that McKechnie Vehicle
Components, Newberry, South Carolina supplies component parts for
wheel assemblies, and at least 20 percent of its production or
sales is supplied to a manufacturer of wheel assemblies whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
In addition, 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 workers of McKechnie Vehicle
Components, Newberry, South Carolina qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:



"All workers of McKechnie Vehicle Components, Newberry, South
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 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 assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of June 2008


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance