DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,541

MINORITY AUTO HANDLING SPECIALISTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF T.V. MINORITY COMPANY
FENTON, MISSOURI

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 July 2, 2009, by the Teamsters Union, Local 600 on
behalf of workers of Minority Auto Handling Specialists, a
subsidiary of T.V. Minority Corporation, Fenton, Missouri.
The workers provide transportation and warehousing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Minority Auto
Specialists, who are engaged in employment related to
transportation and warehousing services, meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Minority Auto Handling Specialists provided transportation and
warehousing services to Chrysler LLC, St. Louis North Assembly
Plant, St. Louis, Missouri, used in the production of
automobiles. Workers of Chrysler, LLC are covered by
certification number TA-W-63,052 issued based on the increased
imports of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the transportation and
warehousing services provided by Minority Auto Handling
Specialists for Chrysler, LLC accounted for at least 20
percent of the sales of Minority Auto Handling Specialists.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Minority Auto
Handling Specialists, a subsidiary of T.V. Minority
Corporation, Fenton, Missouri, who are engaged in employment
related to transportation and warehousing 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 Minority Auto Handling Specialists, a
subsidiary of T.V. Minority Corporation, Fenton, Missouri,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 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 30th day of September, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance