DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,223

AXLETECH INTERNATIONAL
OSHKOSH DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL DYNAMICS
OSHKOSH, WISCCONSIN

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 4, 2009 by the United Auto Workers, Local
291 on behalf of workers of AxleTech International, Oshkosh
Division, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin. The workers produce axles/transfer cases.
The investigation revealed that workers of AxleTech
International who are engaged in employment related to
production of axles/transfer cases meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have been separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
AxleTech International produced and sold axles/transfer cases
to Grove US, LLC, a subsidiary of Manitowoc Company, Inc.,
Shady Grove, Pennsylvania to be incorporated into hydraulic
cranes. Workers of Grove US, LLC are covered by certification
number TA-W-70,675 issued based on the increased imports of
hydraulic cranes.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by AxleTech International with respect to Grove US, LLC
contributed importantly to worker separations at AxleTech
International.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AxleTech
International, Oshkosh Division, a subsidiary of General
Dynamics, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment
related to production of axles/transfer cases 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 AxleTech International, Oshkosh Division,
a subsidiary of General Dynamics, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 31, 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 9th day of November, 2009


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