DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,635

VENTRA EVART, L.L.C.
A DIVISION OF FLEX-N-GATE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICE
EVART, 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 July 13, 2009 by a one-stop operator on behalf of
workers of Ventra Evart, L.L.C., a division of Flex-N-Gate,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Temporary
Services, Evart, Michigan (Ventra). The workers are engaged in
the production of plastic exterior automotive trim.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ventra who are
engaged in employment related to the production of plastic
exterior automotive trim 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 have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Ventra
produced and sold plastic exterior automotive trim to Chrysler
Group, L.L.C., Belvidere, Illinois to be incorporated into
Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot. Workers of
Chrysler Group, L.L.C., Belvidere, Illinois are covered by an
existing Trade Adjustment Assistance certification (TA-W-
71,263).
Criterion III has been met because the plastic exterior
automotive trim produced by Ventra for Chrysler Group, L.L.C.
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Ventra.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ventra Evart, L.L.C.,
a division of Flex-N-Gate, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower Temporary Services, Evart, Michigan, who are
engaged in employment related to plastic exterior automotive
trim 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 Ventra Evart, L.L.C., a division of Flex-
N-Gate, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Temporary Services, Evart, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 10,
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 14th day of September, 2009.

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