DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,041

A.G. SIMPSON (USA), INC.
NCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CAREER ADVENTURES, INC.
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

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 15, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by an official of the Louisiana State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of A.G. Simpson (USA), Inc., Shreveport,
Louisiana. The workers produce automobile bumpers.
The investigation revealed that A.G. Simpson (USA), Inc.,
supplied component parts of automobiles, and more than 20 percent of
its business was with a manufacturer of such products 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 A.G. Simpson (USA), Inc., Shreveport,
Louisiana, 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 A.G. Simpson (USA), Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Career Adventures, Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 12, 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 30th day of September 2008


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