DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,425

UGN, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF HAMILTON-RYKER COMPANY AND
MANPOWER
JACKSON, TENNESSEE

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 22, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
UGN, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee. The workers produce acoustic
interior trim and thermal management products for automobiles.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers of Hamilton-
Ryker Company and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of UGN, Inc.,
Jackson, Tennessee who are engaged in employment related to
production of acoustic interior trim and thermal management
products for automobiles meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the subject firm's workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
produced and sold acoustic interior trim and thermal management
products for automobiles to a TAA-certified firm to be
incorporated into automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by UGN, Inc, Jackson, Tennessee with respect to acoustic
interior trim and thermal management products for automobiles
sold to a TAA-certified firm contributed importantly to worker
separations at UGN, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of UGN, Inc., including
on-site leased workers of Hamilton-Ryker Company and Manpower,
Jackson, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment related to
production of acoustic interior trim and thermal management
products for automobiles 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 UGN, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Hamilton-Ryker Company and Manpower, Jackson,
Tennessee, 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 28th day of December, 2009.

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance