CORRECTED COPY
July 2, 2009

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,266

MUSASHI SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MULTI-SYSTEMS ELECTRICAL
CONSTRUCTORS, EMPLOYMENT STAFFING, INC., AND
AMERICAN MECHANICAL & PIPING, INC.
BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA


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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers’ firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers’
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Musashi South Carolina, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Multi-Systems Electrical Constructors, Employment
Staffing, Inc., and American Mechanical & Piping, Inc.,
Bennettsville, South Carolina. The workers produce automotive
bevel gears, ATV differential gears, and transmission
assemblies. The workers are separately identifiable by
product. The petitioner alleges that workers have been
affected by a shift in production to Japan and Thailand.
The investigation revealed that workers of Musashi South
Carolina, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
automotive bevel gears, ATV differential gears, and
transmission assemblies, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because the subject firm has
separated a significant proportion of workers.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm,
Musashi South Carolina, Inc., has shifted production of
automotive bevel gears, ATV differential gears, and
transmission assemblies to Japan and Thailand.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
production of automotive bevel gears, ATV differential gears,
and transmission assemblies to Japan and Thailand contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Musashi South
Carolina, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Musashi South
Carolina, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Multi-
Systems Electrical Constructors, Employment Staffing, Inc.,
and American Mechanical & Piping, Inc., Bennettsville, South
Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to automotive
bevel gears, ATV differential gears, and transmission
assemblies 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:
“Workers engaged in employment related to automotive bevel
gears, ATV differential gears, and transmission
assemblies at Musashi South Carolina, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Multi-Systems Electrical
Constructors, Employment Staffing, Inc., and American
Mechanical & Piping, Inc., Bennettsville, South Carolina,
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 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 26th day of June, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance