DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,241

JOHNSON CONTROLS
SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, an
investigation was initiated on May 14, 2001, in response to a
worker petition which was filed on behalf of workers at Johnson
Controls, Sycamore, Illinois. The workers produce car seats for
Chrysler automobiles.
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.
The investigation was initiated on May 14, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Johnson Controls,
Sycamore, Illinois. The workers produce car seats for Chrysler
automobiles. The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has
not been met.
The investigation revealed that major customers of the
subject firm did not purchase imported car seats during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Johnson Controls, Sycamore, Illinois are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of June, 2001.




/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
_______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance