DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,971

TRIM MASTERS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EMPLOYMENT PLUS, MODERN PERSONNEL AND WESTAFF
LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on September 22, 2008,
applicable to workers of Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive
Technology Systems Division Lawrenceville, Illinois. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2008 (73 FR
58981). The notice was amended on February 18, 2009 to include
on-site leased workers from Employment Plus and Modern Personnel.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2009
(74 FR 9285).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of automotive interior door panels
and seats.
New information shows that workers leased from Westaff were
employed on-site at the Lawrenceville, Illinois location of Trim
Masters, Inc., Automotive Technology Systems Division. The
Department has determined that these workers were sufficiently
under the control of Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive Technology
Systems Division to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Westaff working on-
site at the Lawrenceville, Illinois location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers employed at Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive Technology
Systems Division, Lawrenceville, Illinois who were secondarily
affected by increased imports of automotive interior door panels
and seats.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-63,971 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive
Technology Systems Division, including on-site leased
workers from Employment Plus, Modern Personnel, and
Westaff, Lawrenceville, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
September 2, 2007 through September 22, 2010, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of April 2009

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,971

TRIM MASTERS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DIVISION
LAAWRENCEVILLE, 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 (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 September 3, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by the Illinois State Workforce Office
on behalf of workers of Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive Technology
Systems Division, Lawrenceville, Illinois. The workers produce
automotive interior door panels and seats.
The investigation revealed that Trim Masters, Inc.,
Automotive Technology Systems Division, Lawrenceville, Illinois
supplies component parts for automobiles, and at least 20 percent
of its production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
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 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 Trim Masters, Inc.,
Automotive Technology Systems Division, Lawrenceville, Illinois,
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 Trim Masters, Inc., Automotive Technology
Systems Division, Lawrenceville, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after September
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 22nd day of September 2008

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








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