DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,067

PLASTIC TRIM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TRILLIUM STAFFING
EAST TAWAS, 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 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 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Plastic Trim International, East Tawas, Michigan
(PTI). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of automotive trim moldings. The group includes on-
site leased workers from Trillium Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of PTI who are
engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
trim moldings 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 PTI produced
and sold automotive trim to a firm that employed a worker
group who is covered by an active certification to be
incorporated into automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by PTI with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to automotive
trim moldings sold to the TAA-certified firm, contributed
importantly to worker separations at PTI.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Plastic Trim
International, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Trillium Staffing, East Tawas, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automotive trim
moldings 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 Plastic Trim International, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Trillium Staffing,
East Tawas, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 8, 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 1st day of April, 2010.

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