Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 10/21/2008
Filed Date: 10/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 04/16/2010
Determination Date: 04/16/2010
Expiration Date: 04/16/2012
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,646
MICHIGAN MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC.
TAYLOR, 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(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 October 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Michigan Mechanical Services, Inc., Taylor,
Michigan. The workers provide industrial and machining
equipment repair services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Michigan
Mechanical Services who are engaged in employment related to
the supply of industrial and machining equipment repair meet
the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have become separated during the relevant time
period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Michigan
Mechanical Services supplied industrial and machining
equipment repair to a firm that employed a worker group that
is covered by an active certification used in the production
of flat-rolled and galvanized steel.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to industrial and
machining equipment repair sold to the TAA-certified firm,
contributed importantly to worker separations at Michigan
Mechanical Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Michigan Mechanical
Services, Inc., Taylor, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of industrial and machining equipment
repair services meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Michigan Mechanical Services, Inc.,
Taylor, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 21, 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 16th day of April, 2010
/s/Michael Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance