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TAW-71678  /  Johnson Controls Seating Systems, LLC (Columbia, TN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/14/2008
Filed Date: 07/15/2009
Most Recent Update: 04/08/2010
Determination Date: 04/08/2010
Expiration Date: 04/08/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,678

JOHNSON CONTROLS SEATING SYSTEMS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. HOLDINGS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE

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 July 15, 2009 on behalf of workers of Johnson Controls
Seating Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Holdings, Columbia, Tennessee. The workers produce seats and
floor consoles. The worker group also includes on-site leased
workers from Kelly Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Johnson Controls
Seating Systems who are engaged in employment related to the
production of seats and floor consoles meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have become separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Johnson Controls
Seating Systems produced and sold seats and floor consoles to a
firm that employed a worker group covered by an active TAA
certification used in the production of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the TAA-certified
customer accounted for at least 20 percent of the production and
sales of the workers' firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Controls
Seating Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Holdings, Columbia, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment
related to seats and floor consoles, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Johnson Controls Seating Systems, LLC, a
subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc., Holdings, Columbia,
Tennessee, including on-site leased workers of Kelly
Services, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 14, 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 8th day of April, 2010


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