DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,983

WEBER AUTOMOTIVE CORP.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SPHERION AND JOHNSON SVS GROUP
SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 11, 2009 by the South Carolina State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Weber Automotive Corporation,
Summerville, South Carolina (Weber Automotive). The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Spherion and Johnson
SVS Group. The workers produce crankshafts and engine blocks.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weber Automotive
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
crankshafts and engine blocks meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated from the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of crankshafts and engine blocks by Weber
Automotive have decreased absolutely during January through
July 2009 over the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
crankshafts purchased by a major declining customer have
increased during the relevant period. Specifically, the major
declining customer increased its reliance on imported
crankshafts during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of crankshafts by a major declining
customer of Weber Automotive contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Weber Automotive.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weber Automotive
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Spherion
and Johnson SVS Group, Summerville, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of crankshafts
and engine blocks 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 Weber Automotive Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Spherion and Johnson SVS
Group, Summerville, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 4,
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