DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,959

ALPHA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
HOWELL, 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 by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), Local 4077, on
June 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Alpha Technology Corporation,
Howell, Michigan. The workers are engaged in the production of
automotive door handles, automotive lock systems, and automotive
zinc die-castings. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Howell,
Michigan, facility engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive door handles, automotive lock systems, and
automotive zinc die-castings meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers has been separated in the last year.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted the production of articles like or directly competitive
with the articles cited above to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of production
from the Howell, Michigan, facility to Japan and Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at that
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alpha Technology
Corporation, Howell, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of automotive door handles, automotive
lock systems, and automotive zinc die-castings 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 Alpha Technology Corporation, Howell,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 1, 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 24th day of August, 2009

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