DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,338

RAPID-LINE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM AMERITEMP STAFFING
WYOMING, 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 services used
in the production of 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 20, 2009, on behalf of workers of Rapid-Line,
Inc., Wyoming, Michigan. The workers produce office furniture
and metal components. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Ameritemp Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rapid-Line, Inc.
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
office furniture and metal components meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Rapid-
Line, Inc. produced and sold office furniture and metal
components to Steelcase, Inc. to be incorporated into office
furniture. Workers of Steelcase, Inc., City of Industry,
California are covered by certification number TA-W-63,662
issued based on the shift in production of office furniture to
Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Rapid-Line, Inc. with respect to office furniture and metal
components sold to Steelcase, Inc. contributed importantly to
worker separations at Rapid-Line.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rapid-Line, Inc.,
Wyoming, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of office furniture and metal components 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 Rapid-Line, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Ameritemp Staffing, Wyoming, 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 27th day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance