DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,943

3M COMPANY
AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT SERVICES GROUP
SOLON, OHIO

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.


III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 7, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
3M Company, Automotive Aftermarket Division, Solon, Ohio
(hereinafter referred to as 3M Company). The workers produce
high-velocity, low-pressure (HVLP) spray-painting equipment,
related parts, and accessories. The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers of Volt Services Group.
The investigation revealed that workers of 3M Company meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at 3M Company have been separated or are
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because 3M Company has shifted
to Panama production of articles like or directly competitive
with the HVLP spray-painting equipment produced by 3M Company.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Panama by 3M Company contributed importantly to
worker group separations at 3M Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 3M Company,
Automotive Aftermarket Division, including on-site leased
workers of Volt Services Group, Solon, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of HVLP spray-painting
equipment, parts, and accessories, 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 3M Company, Automotive Aftermarket
Division, including on-site leased workers of Volt Services
Group, Solon, Ohio who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 6, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance