DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,208
STEEL CASE, INC.
KENTWOOD EAST AND WEST PLANTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER PROFESSIONAL
KENTWOOD, MICHIGAN

TA-W-71,208A
STEEL CASE, INC.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER, INC.
CALEDONIA, 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 June 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Steelcase, Inc. working at locations in Kentwood
(TA-W-71,208) and Caledonia (71,208A), Michigan. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of office
furniture. The worker group for TA-W-71,208 includes on-site
leased workers of Manpower Professional and the worker group
for TA-W-71,208A includes on-site leased workers of Manpower,
Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Steelcase, Inc.,
Kentwood East and West Plants, Kentwood, Michigan and
Steelcase, Inc, Corporate Development Center, Caledonia,
Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of office furniture, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the acquisition of
articles/supply of services like or directly competitive with
the articles/services produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
acquisition by Steelcase, Inc., Kentwood East and West Plants,
Kentwood, Michigan and Steelcase, Inc, Corporate Development
Center, Caledonia, Michigan, to Malaysia and Mexico
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Kentwood,
Michigan and Caledonia, Michigan facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Steelcase, Inc.,
Kentwood East and West Plants, including on-site leased
workers of Manpower Professional, Kentwood, Michigan (TA-W-
71,208) and Steelcase, Inc., Corporate Development Center,
including on-site leased workers of Manpower, Inc., Caledonia,
Michigan (TA-W-71,208A), 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, Inc., Kentwood East and West
Plants, including on-site leased workers of Manpower
Professional, Kentwood, Michigan (TA-W-71,208) and
Steelcase, Inc., Corporate Development Center, including
on-site leased workers of Manpower, Inc., Caledonia,
Michigan (TA-W-71,208A), 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 20th day of November, 2009


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