DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,795

SUBURBAN TOOL, INC.
DBA TAFT-PIERCE METROLOGY
AUBURN HILLS, 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:
(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 23, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Suburban Tool, Inc., DBA Taft-Pierce Metrology,
Auburn Hills, Michigan. The workers produce precision
workholding and inspection equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Suburban Tool,
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to production of
precision workholding and inspection equipment meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment has
declined by at least five percent during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of precision workholding and inspection
equipment by Suburban Tool, Inc. have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with precision workholding and inspection equipment produced
by Suburban Tool, Inc. has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Suburban Tool, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Suburban Tool, Inc.,
DBA Taft-Pierce Metrology, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who are
engaged in employment related to production of precision
workholding and inspection equipment 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 Suburban Tool, Inc., DBA Taft-Pierce
Metrology, Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 20,
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 18TH day of May, 2010

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