DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,549

BOSAL INDUSTRIES GEORGIA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PHILLIPS STAFFING
LAVONIA, GEORGIA

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 November 26, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bosal Industries Georgia, Lavonia, Georgia. The
workers produce automotive exhaust systems, wind-stops, jacks
and other car parts; workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Phillips Staffing.
Employment at the Lavonia facility declined in 2007
compared with 2006 and in January through November 2008 compared
with the same period in 2007.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm
supplied component parts utilized in the production of
automotive vehicles, and at least 20 percent of its sales are
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 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 Bosal Industries
Georgia, Lavonia, Georgia, 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 Bosal Industries Georgia, including on-site
leased workers from Phillips Staffing, Lavonia, Georgia,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 17, 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 29th day of December 2008
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance