DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,863

TRW AUTOMOTIVE
ELECTRONIC DIVISION
AUBURN, NEW YORK

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 January 12, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the company official on behalf of
workers of TRW Automotive, Electronic Division, Auburn, New York.
The workers produce remote lock control and tire pressure
monitoring systems for automobiles. The workers are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
component parts for automobiles and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of automobiles whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at TRW Automotive,
Electronic Division, Auburn, New York.
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 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 TRW Automotive,
Electronic Division, Auburn, New York, 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 TRW Automotive, Electronic Division, Auburn,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 8, 2008 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
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of January, 2009

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