[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13344]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33, 279]


Johnson Controls, Incorporated, Ann Arbor Plant, Ann Arbor, 
Michigan; Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 
(Pub. 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:
    (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 February 18, 1997 in response to 
a petition filed on behalf of former workers at the Ann Arbor plant of 
Johnson Controls, Incorporated, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 
workers produced power seat tracks for auto seats.
    The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
    Sales of power seat tracks for auto seats at the Ann Arbor Plant of 
Johnson Controls, Incorporated in FY 1996 compared to FY 1995.
    Employment at the Ann Arbor Plant of Johnson Controls, Incorporated 
increased in FY 1996 compared to FY 1995.
    In early 1996, Johnson Controls, Incorporated made a business 
decision to transfer its production of power seat tracks for auto seats 
from its Ann Arbor Plant located in Ann Arbor, Michigan facility to 
another domestic facility.

Conclusion

    After careful review, I determine that all workers of the Ann Arbor 
Plant of Johnson Controls, Incorporated, Ann Arbor, Michigan are denied 
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of April 1997.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-13344 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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