DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,062

KAUTEX OF GEORGIA, INC.
A BUSINESS UNIT OF TEXTRON
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PHILLIPS STAFFING, FLEX STAFF, RANDSTADT, TRI STATE EMPLOYMENT
LAVONIA, GEORGIA


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 services used
in the production of 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 June 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of Kautex of
Georgia, Inc., a business unit of Textron, Lavonia, Georgia
(Kautex). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic gas tanks and plastic washer bottles for
motor vehicles. The group consists of on-site leased workers
from Phillips Staffing, Flex Staff, Randstadt and Tri State
Employment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kautex who are
engaged in activities related to the production of plastic gas
tanks and plastic washer bottles for motor vehicles meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because 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.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Kautex
produced and sold plastic gas tanks and plastic washer bottles
to a firm that employed a worker group who is covered by an
active certification to be incorporated into motor vehicles.
Criterion III has been met because the plastic gas tanks
and plastic washer bottles produced by Kautex for a firm that
employed a worker group covered by an active certification
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Kautex.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kautex of Georgia,
Inc., a business unit of Textron, including on-site leased
workers from Phillips Staffing, Flex Staff, Randstadt and Tri
State Employment, Lavonia, Georgia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of plastic gas tanks and
plastic washer bottles for motor vehicles 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 Kautex of Georgia, Inc., a business unit
of Textron, including on-site leased workers from
Phillips Staffing, Flex Staff, Randstadt and Tri State
Employment, Lavonia, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 5,
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 23rd day of March, 2010.

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