DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,392

STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS

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 September 24, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Standard Motor Products, a subsidiary of Standard
Motor Product, Inc., Independence, Kansas. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers of Express Employment
Professionals. The workers manufacture electronic engine
components for the automotive industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Standard Motor
Products, a subsidiary of Standard Motor Product, Inc.,
Independence, Kansas, who are engaged in employment related to
switch and solenoid production meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Standard Motor
Products, a subsidiary of Standard Motor Product, Inc.,
Independence, Kansas, is shifting production of electronic
engine components from Independence, Kansas to Reynosa,
Mexico.

Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of electronic engine components to Mexico by
Standard Motor Products, a subsidiary of Standard Motor
Product, Inc., Independence, Kansas, contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Standard Motor Products, a
subsidiary of Standard Motor Product, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Express Employment Professionals,
Independence, Kansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Motor
Products, a subsidiary of Standard Motor Product, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Express Employment
Professionals, Independence, Kansas, who are engaged in
employment related to switch and solenoid production 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 in production of switches and solenoids at
Standard Motor Products, a subsidiary of Standard Motor
Products, Inc., including on-site leased workers of Express
Employment Professionals, Independence, Kansas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 22, 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 23rd day of October 2009.


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