DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,127

LEAR CORPORATION
SEATING SYSTEMS DIVISION
LORDSTOWN, OHIO

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 10, 2009 by the United Auto Workers (UAW) on
behalf of workers of Lear Corporation, Seating Systems
Division, Lordstown, Ohio (Lear). The workers produce
automobile seats and headliner assemblies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Lear who are
engaged in activities related to the production of automobile
seats and headliner assemblies meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm or of the firm
have become totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Lear
produced and sold automobile seat assemblies to General Motors
Company, formerly known as General Motors Corporation, Vehicle
Manufacturing Division, Wilmington Assembly Plant, Wilmington,
Delaware to be incorporated into Opel GT, Pontiac Solstice,
and Saturn Sky sports cars. Workers of General Motors
Corporation, Vehicle Manufacturing Division, Wilmington
Assembly Plant, Wilmington, Delaware are covered by an
existing certification (TA-W-71,249). That certification was
based on increased imports of touring sporty cars.
Also, the workers of Lear produced and sold headliner
assemblies to General Motors Company, Lordstown Assembly
Plant, Warren, Ohio to be incorporated into Chevrolet Cobalt
and Pontiac G5 cars. Workers of General Motors Company,
Lordstown Assembly Plant, Warren, Ohio are covered by an
existing certification (TA-W-70,263). That certification was
based on increased imports of the Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac
G5 cars.
Criterion III has been met because the seating assemblies
produced by Lear for both General Motors Corporation, Vehicle
Manufacturing Division, Wilmington Assembly Plant, Wilmington,
Delaware and the headliner assemblies produced for General
Motors Company, Lordstown Assembly Plant, Warren, Ohio
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Lear at each of the two General Motors locations.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lear Corporation,
Seating Systems Division, Lordstown, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automobile seating and
headliner assemblies 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 Lear Corporation, Seating Systems
Division, Lordstown, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 9, 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 4th day of November, 2009.


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