DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,212

BAE SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS GROUP
SECOND CHANCE ARMOR DIVISION
CENTRAL LAKE, MICHIGAN

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 14, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of BAE Systems, Product Group, Second Chance Armor
Division, Central Lake, Michigan. The workers produce external
ballistic carriers. The workers are separately identifiable by
products produced.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at
the subject facility is related to a shift in production of
external ballistic carriers to a country (Mexico) that is party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"Workers engaged in employment related to the production of
external ballistic carriers at BAE Systems, Product Group,
Second Chance Armor Division, Central Lake, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 1, 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 23rd day of October 2008

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance