DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,228

MIAMI STRATEGIC REPAIR CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROCKWELL COLLINS, INCORPORATED
MIAMI FLORIDA

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on October 15 2008, in
response to a petition filed by the State Agency for Workforce
Innovation on behalf of workers of Miami Strategic Repair Center, a
subsidiary of Rockwell Collins, Incorporated, Miami, Florida.
Workers at the subject firm provide service to major airlines and
related companies by performing component troubleshooting
modifications, circuit board repair, inspection of electronic
systems of in-flight Entertainment (IFE) systems, as well as any
other duties needed to certify that the avionics and communications
equipment (parts or components) are airworthy per Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and/or Customer requirements and returned to
the customer.
The investigation revealed that Miami Strategic Repair Center,
a subsidiary of Rockwell Collins, Incorporated, Miami, Florida,
does not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2)
of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers do
not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group cannot be considered
import impacted or affected by a shift in production of an
article.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Miami Strategic
Repair Center, a subsidiary of Rockwell Collins, Incorporated,
Miami, Florida, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of October, 2008

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance