DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,213

JOHNSON CONTROLS-HOOVER UNIVERSAL, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TRANS ADVANTAGE, INC. AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA

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 January 5, 2010 on behalf of workers of Johnson
Controls-Hoover Universal, Inc., Automotive Experience,
Livermore, California. The workers produce seating systems for
automobiles. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Trans Advantage and Express Employment Professionals.
The investigation revealed that workers of Johnson
Controls-Hoover Universal, Inc., who are engaged in employment
related to production of automotive seating, meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Johnson
Controls-Hoover Universal, Inc. produced automotive seating
that were directly supplied to a firm with a TAA-certified
worker group, and the component supplied was related to the
production of an article that was the basis for the TAA
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the automotive seating
supplied to the firm that employed a TAA-certified worker
group accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of Johnson Controls-Hoover Universal, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Controls-
Hoover Universal, Inc., Automotive Experience, Livermore,
California, who are engaged in employment related to automotive
seating, 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-Hoover Universal, Inc.,
Automotive Experience, including on-site leased workers
from Trans Advantage and Express Employment
Professionals, Livermore, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
4, 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 12th day of July, 2010

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