DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,048

RIETER AUTOMOTIVE NORTH AMERICA, CARPET
INCLUDING WORKERS OF CAREER ADVENTURES
SHREVEPORT, NORTH AMERICA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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 the Louisiana State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Rieter Automotive North America,
Carpet, Shreveport, Louisiana. The workers produce automotive
floor covering. The workers are not separately identifiable by
articles produced. The worker group includes on-site temporary
workers from Career Adventures.
Employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant
period.
The investigation revealed that Rieter Automotive North
America, Carpet, Shreveport, Louisiana supplies component parts
for automotive floor covering, 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 addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion one has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm does not have
a significant number of workers who are age 50 and above.
Significant means three or more workers in a workforce of fifty or
fewer.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rieter Automotive North
America, Carpet, including on-site workers of Career Adventures
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 Rieter Automotive North America, Carpet,
including on-site workers of Career Adventures, 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."
I further determine that all workers of Rieter Automotive
North America, Carpet, including on-site workers of Career
Adventures, Shreveport, Louisiana are denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of September 2008.

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