DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,323

HOOVER UNIVERSAL
DBA JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

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 October 31, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hoover Universal, dba Johnson Controls, Inc., Jefferson
City, Missouri. The workers produce molded polyurethane foam
seating for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that Hoover Universal, dba Johnson
Controls, Inc., Jefferson City, Missouri, supplies component parts
for automotive seats, 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 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 Hoover Universal, dba
Johnson Controls, Inc., Jefferson City, Missouri 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 Hoover Universal, dba Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Jefferson City, Missouri who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 29, 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 13th day of November 2008.


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