DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,714

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERIOR MANUFACTURING, LLC (MCALLEN-USA)
AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE
MCALLEN, TEXAS


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. (Set forth in 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 28, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Johnson Controls Interior Manufacturing, LLC (McAllen-USA),
Automotive Experience, McAllen, Texas. The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of plastic injection
molded parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Johnson Controls
Interior Manufacturing, LLC (McAllen-USA), Automotive
Experience, who are engaged in employment related to production
of plastic injection molded parts, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm are scheduled to be totally or
partially separated during July 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Johnson Controls Interior Manufacturing, LLC (McAllen-
USA), Automotive Experience, to Mexico in the production of
plastic injection molded parts.
Criterion III has been met because the shift by Johnson
Controls Interior Manufacturing, LLC (McAllen-USA), Automotive
Experience, to Mexico in the production of plastic injection
molded parts contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Johnson Controls Interior Manufacturing, LLC
(McAllen-USA), Automotive Experience.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Controls
Interior Manufacturing, LLC (McAllen-USA), Automotive
Experience, McAllen, Texas, who are engaged in employment
related to production of plastic injection molded parts, 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 Johnson Controls Interior Manufacturing,
LLC (McAllen-USA), Automotive Experience, McAllen, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 27, 2008, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on 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 23rd day of June 2009


/a/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance