DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,827

DETROIT HEADING, LLC
DIVISION OF SHANNON PRECISION FASTENERS
DETROIT, 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 November 10, 2009 by the United Auto Workers on behalf
of workers of Detroit Heading, LLC, Detroit, Michigan (Detroit
Heading). The workers produce automotive components.
The investigation revealed that workers of Detroit Heading,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
automotive components, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at the subject firm have been totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Detroit Heading
produced and sold components to be incorporated into
automobile assemblies to firms that employed workers who are
covered by an active Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Detroit Heading with the afore-mentioned TAA-certified
firms, with respect to automotive components sold to those
firms, contributed importantly to worker separations at
Detroit Heading, LLC, Detroit, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Detroit Heading, LLC,
Detroit, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive components, 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 Detroit Heading, LLC, Detroit, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 9, 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 3rd day of March, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen____________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance