DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,768

STEELCASE UNIVERSITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF STEELCASE, INC
GRAND RAPIDS, 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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Steelcase University, a subsidiary of Steelcase,
Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan (Steelcase University). The
workers provide training development, consulting, and delivery
services for the parent company, Steelcase, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Steelcase
University who are engaged in employment related to training
development, consulting, and delivery services meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
the workers were separated from employment in January through
April 2009 when compared to the same time period of the
previous year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to foreign countries the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of training
development, consulting, and delivery services to Asia Pacific,
Germany, and France by Steelcase University contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Steelcase
University.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Steelcase University,
a subsidiary of Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, who
are engaged in employment related to training development,
consulting, and delivery services 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 Steelcase University, a subsidiary of
Steelcase, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 27, 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 14th day of July, 2009.


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