DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,641

MITSUBA BARDSTOWN, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MITSUBA CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
JC MALONE ASSOCIATES AND WILLSTAFF, INC.
BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY


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. (Set forth in 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 March 5, 2010 by a company official, on behalf of
workers of Mitsuba Bardstown, Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsuba
Corporation, Bardstown, Kentucky (Mitsuba Bardstown, Inc.).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of automotive electrical components (i.e. wiper motors, power
window sensors, and trailer units). The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from JC Malone Associates and Willstaff,
Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mitsuba
Bardstown, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the
production of automotive electrical components 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 there has been a
shift in a portion of the production of automotive electrical
components by Mitsuba Bardstown, Inc. to Japan and the
Philippines.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the production automotive electrical components by Mitsuba
Bardstown, Inc. to Japan and the Philippines contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Mitsuba Bardstown,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mitsuba Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from JC Malone Associates and
Willstaff, Inc., Bardstown, Kentucky, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive electrical
components, 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 Mitsuba Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from JC Malone Associates and Willstaff,
Inc., Bardstown, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 25, 2009,
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 1st day of June, 2010


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