DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,813

GETRAG CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
NEWTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 21, 2009 on behalf of workers of Getrag
Corporation, Newton, North Carolina (Getrag Newton). Workers at
the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the
production of axles and power take off units for the automobile
industry. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product. The investigation revealed that the worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Getrag
Newton who are engaged in employment related to the production
of axles and power take off units for the automobile industry
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of axles and power take off units for the
automobile industry by the subject firm decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with axles and power
take off units for the automobile industry produced by Getrag
Newton have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor
conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining
customers regarding their purchases of axles and power take off
units for the automobile industry during the relevant period.
The survey revealed an increased customer reliance on imported
axles and power take off units for the automobile industry.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imported of axles and power take off
units for the automobile industry by customers of Getrag
Newton contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Getrag Newton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Getrag Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Newton, North
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of axles and power take off units for the
automobile industry 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 Getrag Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Newton, North Carolina, 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 26th day of February 2010


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