DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,125

METALDYNE CORPORATION
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
INCLUDING ON-SITE CONTRACTED INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS
PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN


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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Metaldyne
Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, Plymouth, Michigan. The
workers provide support services to the Metaldyne Corporation
manufacturing plants that produce automobile components.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm on-site
contracted independent workers who also provided support
services to the subject firms manufacturing plants.
The investigation revealed that workers of Metaldyne
Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, Plymouth, Michigan who are
engaged in employment related to providing support services to
the manufacturing plants meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because workers were separated
from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Metaldyne Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, Plymouth,
Michigan provided support services to Metaldyne Corporation
manufacturing facilities located in Farmington Hills,
Michigan; Hamburg, Michigan; and Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, in
the production of automobile components. Workers of Metaldyne
Corporation, Farmington Hills, Michigan; Hamburg, Michigan;
and Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, are covered by certification
numbers TA-W-62,726; TA-W-63,441; TA-W-63,883 issued based on
increased company imports.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Metaldyne Corporation, Corporate Headquarters with respect
to support services supplied to Metaldyne Corporation
manufacturing facilities contributed importantly to worker
separations at Metaldyne Corporation, Corporate Headquarters.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metaldyne
Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, including on-site
contracted independent consultants, Plymouth, Michigan, who are
engaged providing supportive services 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 Metaldyne Corporation, Corporate
Headquarters, including on-site contracted independent
consultants, Plymouth, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, 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 1st day of July, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance