DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,773

METALDYNE
DUPAGE DIE CASTING AND FABRICATING COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF STAFF FORCE AND AEROTEK
NILES, ILLINOIS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metaldyne, DuPage Die Casting and Fabricating
Company, Inc., Niles, Illinois. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of aluminum die castings.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers of Staff Force
and Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of Metaldyne,
DuPage Die Casting and Fabricating Company, Inc., Niles,
Illinois who are engaged in employment related to the production
of aluminum die castings, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers in the workers' firm have become
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of aluminum die castings by Metaldyne, DuPage
Die Casting and Fabricating Company, Inc. decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with aluminum
die castings produced by Metaldyne, DuPage Die Casting and
Fabricating Company, Inc. have increased during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of aluminum die castings by Metaldyne,
DuPage Die Casting and Fabricating Company, Inc. contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Niles, Illinois facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metaldyne, DuPage Die
Casting and Fabricating Company, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Aerotek and Staff Force, Niles, Illinois,
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 Metaldyne, DuPage Die Casting and
Fabricating Company, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Aerotek and Staff Force, Niles, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 21, 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 15th day of April, 2010


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