DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,668

AEES POWER SYSTEMS LP
CUSTOMER SERVICE, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK
FARMINGTON HILLS, 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(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 October 28, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of AEES Power Systems LP, Customer Service,
Engineering, and Design Departments, Farmington Hills,
Michigan. The workers provide customer service, engineering,
and design services. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of AEES Power
Systems LP who are engaged in employment related to customer,
engineering, and design services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers have been separated during the relevant period, and
future separations are threatened.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of customer
service, engineering, and design services to Mexico by AEES
Power Systems LP contributed importantly to worker group
separations at AEES Power Systems LP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AEES Power Systems
LP, Farmington Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to customer service, engineering, and/or design, 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 Power Systems LP, Customer Service,
Engineering, and Design Departments, including on-site
leased workers of Aerotek, Farmington Hills, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 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 10th day of December, 2009


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