DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,511

TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF EXPRESS PERSONNEL
VERONA, MISSISSIPPI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Tecumseh Products
Company, Verona, Mississippi. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of compressors for air
conditioning and refrigeration equipment. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers of Express Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tecumseh
Products Company who are engaged in employment related to the
production of compressors meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced at the Verona,
Mississippi facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Tecumseh Products Company contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Verona,
Mississippi facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tecumseh Products
Company, including on-site leased workers of Express
Personnel, Verona, Mississippi who are engaged in employment
related to the production of compressors meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Tecumseh Products Company, including on-
site leased workers of Express Personnel, Verona,
Mississippi who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 16th day of December, 2009

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance