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TAW-39368  /  Siemens Automotive Corp. (Johnson City, TN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/18/2000
Filed Date: 06/04/2001
Most Recent Update: 09/28/2001
Determination Date: 09/28/2001
Expiration Date: 09/28/2003

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,368

SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
SAFETY ELECTRONICS DIVISION
JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

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 eligibility 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. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on June 4, 2001, and filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Siemens Automotive Corporation, Safety Electronics Division, Johnson City, Tennessee. The workers were engaged in the production of electronic airbag controls.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm declined to zero on September 28, 2001 when the Johnson City plant ceased production of electronic airbag controls. The investigation further revealed that the subject firm shifted production to an offshore facility, and increased its imports of electronic airbag controls during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-gation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with electronic airbag controls produced at Siemens Automotive Corporation, Safety Electronics Division, Johnson City, Tennessee, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Siemens Automotive Corporation, Safety Electronics Division, Johnson City, Tennessee, engaged in the production of electronic airbag controls, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 18, 2000, through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of September 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance