DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,140

TBA-LEITCHFIELD PLANT
A DIVISION OF TOYOTA BOSHOKU AMERICA
LEITCHFIELD, KENTUCKY

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 June 11, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of TBA-Leitchfield Plant, a division of Toyota Boshoku
America, Leitchfield, Kentucky (TBA-Leitchfield). The workers
produced leather trim covers.
The investigation revealed that workers of TBA-Leitchfield
who are engaged in employment related to leather trim covers
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject plant declined during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of leather
trim covers to Mexico by Toyota Boshoku America contributed
importantly to worker group separations at TBA-Leitchfield
Plant, a division of Toyota Boshoku America, Leitchfield,
Kentucky.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TBA-Leitchfield
Plant, a division of Toyota Boshoku America, Leitchfield,
Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to leather trim
covers 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 TBA-Leitchfield Plant, a division of
Toyota Boshoku America, Leitchfield, Kentucky who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 10, 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 29th day of July, 2009.


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