DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,011

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
CADIZ, KENTUCKY

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 9, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Division,
Cadiz, Kentucky. Workers at the subject firm manufacture stamping
and welded seat frames.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject firm declined from 2006 to 2007, and during the period
of January through October 2008 when compared to the same time
period in 2007.
The investigation revealed that output at the Johnson
Controls, Inc., Automotive Division, Cadiz, Kentucky plant is
consumed in the firm's production of automotive seats. A
meaningful portion of seat frames produced in Cadiz, Kentucky, were
vertically integrated in the automotive seats produced by the firm
in Taylor, Michigan. Those workers were deemed secondarily
affected and were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under petition number TA-W-63,205, issued on May 5,
2008.
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 Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Automotive Division, Cadiz, Kentucky, 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 Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Division,
Cadiz, Kentucky, who became totally separated from employment
on September 8, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 12th day of December 2008

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance