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TAW-70301  /  May and Scofield, LLC (Fowlerville, MI)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 05/20/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/29/2009
Determination Date: 06/29/2009
Expiration Date: 06/29/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,301

MAY AND SCOFIELD, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QUALIFIED STAFFING AND CS STAFFING
FOWLERVILLE, 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(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. (Set forth in 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 20, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of May and Scofield, LLC, Fowlerville, Michigan. The
workers produce injection molded plastic parts for automotive
applications.
The worker group includes as on-site leased workers from
Qualified Staffing and CS Staffing,
The investigation revealed that workers of May and
Scofield, LLC, who are engaged in employment related to
production of injection molded plastic parts, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject firm declined at least 5 percent from 2008 through
April 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because May and Scofield,
LLC has shifted to a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with injection molded plastic parts produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of injection molded plastic parts to Brazil and
England, has contributed importantly to worker group
separations at May and Scofield, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of May and Scofield,
LLC, Fowlerville, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to production of injection molded plastic parts 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 May and Scofield, LLC, as well as on-site
leased workers of Qualified Staffing and CS Staffing,
Fowlerville, 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 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 29th day of June, 2009.

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