DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,926

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP
FOSTORIA, 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(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 by a company official on August 5, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Honeywell International, Consumer Products Group,
Fostoria, Ohio. The workers produce spark plugs.
Workers at the firm were previously certified for Trade
Adjustment Assistance on September 7, 2007 (TA-W-61,916). That
certification expired on September 7, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Honeywell
International, Consumer Products Group, Fostoria, Ohio, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of spark plugs
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted the production of spark plugs to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to a foreign country has contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Fostoria, Ohio facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Honeywell
International, Consumer Products Group, Fostoria, Ohio, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of platinum
spark plugs 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 Honeywell International, Consumer Products
Group, Fostoria, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 8, 2009,
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 9th day of December, 2009

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