DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,597

METALDYNE MACHINING & ASSEMBLY
MIDDLEVILLE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WILLIAMSON STAFFING
SERVICES, INC. AND MANPOWER
MIDDLEVILLE, 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 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 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metaldyne Machine & Assembly, Middleville Division,
Middleville, Michigan (Metaldyne). The workers produce
automotive machining and assemblies (automotive component
parts).
The worker group also encompasses on-site leased workers
from Williamson Staffing Services, Inc. and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Metaldyne who
are engaged in employment related to production of automotive
machining and assemblies meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers were separated or are threatened
with separations during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Metaldyne
produced and sold automotive machining and assemblies to
Chrysler Group, LLC, Kenosha Engine Plant, Kenosha, Wisconsin
to be incorporated into engines. Workers of Chrysler Group,
LLC, Kenosha Engine Plant, Kenosha, Wisconsin are covered by
certification number TA-W-70,784 issued on September 2, 2009
based on supporting production to affiliated Chrysler plants
certified based on increased aggregated imports of vehicles
like or directly competitive to the vehicles they produce.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Metaldyne with respect to automotive machining and
assemblies sold to Chrysler Group, LLC, Kenosha Engine Plant
Kenosha, Wisconsin contributed importantly to worker
separations at Metaldyne.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Metaldyne Machine &
Assembly, Middleville Division, Middleville, Michigan, who are
engaged in employment related to production of automotive
machining and 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:

"All workers of Metaldyne Machine & Assembly, Middleville
Division, Middleville, Michigan, including on-site leased
workers from Williamson Staffing Services, Inc. and
Manpower, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 19, 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 September, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance