DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,582

STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
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:
(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 March 21, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Standard Motor Products, Independence, Kansas
(hereafter referred to as "Standard Motor Products" or
"subject firm"). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of automobile engine parts (such as
switches, temperature senders, and oil pressure senders). The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under
TA-W-72,392 (certification expired on October 23, 2011).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers of Standard Motor Products
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened
with total or partial separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the automobile engine parts
produced by the subject workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Standard Motor Products.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Standard Motor
Products, Independence, Kansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of automobile engine parts, 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 Standard Motor Products, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Independence, Kansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 20, 2012
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 8th day of April, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance