DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,533

EDSCHA NORTH AMERICA, INC.
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS EDSCHA JACKSON, INC.
CENTERPOINT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
PONTIAC, 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. 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 22, 2009, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Edscha North America, Inc., previously known as Edscha
Jackson, Inc., Centerpoint Administrative Offices, Pontiac,
Michigan. The workers supported production of automotive body
hardware.
The investigation revealed that workers of Edscha North
America, Inc., previously known as Edscha Jackson, Inc.,
Centerpoint Administrative Offices, Pontiac, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to supporting production of
automotive body hardware meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a substantial proportion
of the workers at the subject facility have been laid off.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the
support services to Mexico, Canada and Germany by Edscha North
America, Inc., previously known as Edscha Jackson, Inc.,
Centerpoint Administrative Offices, Pontiac, Michigan,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Edscha
North America, Inc., previously known as Edscha Jackson, Inc.,
Centerpoint Administrative Offices, Pontiac, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Edscha North America,
Inc., previously known as Edscha Jackson, Inc., Centerpoint
Administrative Offices, Pontiac, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to support services for the production of
automotive body hardware 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 Edscha North America, Inc., previously
known as Edscha Jackson, Inc., Centerpoint Administrative
Offices, Pontiac, 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 6th day of October, 2009.


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