DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,119

FEDERAL-MOGUL
WIPER PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KELLY SERVICES
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA

TA-W-81,119A

EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT WORKING ON-SITE AT FEDERAL-MOGUL
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 29, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Federal-Mogul, Wiper Products Division, including
on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Michigan City,
Indiana (TA-W-81,119) and Express Employment working on-site
at Federal-Mogul, Michigan City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119A)
(Federal-Mogul). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of windshield wipers, blades,
refills, arms, and break shims.
Workers of Federal-Mogul, Wiper Products Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Michigan
City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119), are certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition number
TA-W-72,732, which expires on January 22, 2012. Leased workers
from Express Employment working on-site at Federal-Mogul,
Michigan City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119A) are not included under
petition number TA-W-72,732.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Federal-Mogul.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Federal-Mogul, Wiper
Products Division, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Michigan City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119) and Express
Employment working on-site at Federal-Mogul, Michigan City,
Indiana (TA-W-81,119A), who are engaged in activities related to
the production of windshield wipers, blades, refills, arms, and
break shims 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 Federal-Mogul, Wiper Products Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Michigan City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119), who become totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
23, 2012, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on January 23, 2012
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,
And
All workers of Express Employment working on-site at
Federal-Mogul, Michigan City, Indiana (TA-W-81,119A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 2010, 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 21st day of December, 2011.


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