DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,221
AEES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLATINUM EQUITY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SPHERION STAFFING, VOLT
SERVICES GROUP, DEACON RECRUITING, ROBERT HALF FINANCE &
ACCOUNTING, ICON INFORMATION CONSULTANTS, AND TEKSYSTEMS, INC.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

TA-W-72,221A
AEES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLATINUM EQUITY, LLC
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 September 4, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of AEES, Inc., a subsidiary of Platinum Equity, LLC,
including on-site leased workers of Spherion Staffing, Volt
Services Group, Deacon Recruiting, Robert Half Finance &
Accounting, Icon Information Consultants, and TEKSystems,
Inc., San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-72,221) and El Paso, Texas (TA-
W-72,221-A). The workers were engaged in the supply of
administrative support services related to production of
automotive wiring harnesses.
The investigation revealed that workers of AEES who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of administrative
support services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant time period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
by AEES contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the San Antonio, Texas and El Paso, Texas facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AEES, Inc., a
Subsidiary of Platinum Equity, LLC, San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-
72,221) and El Paso, Texas (TA-W-72,221A), who are engaged in
employment related to administrative support services 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 AEES, Inc., a subsidiary of Platinum
Equity, LLC, including on-site leased workers of Spherion
Staffing, Volt Services Group, Deacon Recruiting, Robert
Half Finance & Accounting, Icon Information Consultants,
and TEKSystems, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-72,221)
and AEES, Inc., a subsidiary of Platinum Equity, LLC, El
Paso, Texas (TA-W-72,221A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 24, 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 7th day of May, 2010

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