DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,962

AMERICAN AXLE AND MANUFACTURING
OXFORD, 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 November 27, 2009 by the State of Michigan Trade
Adjustment Assistance Coordinator on behalf of workers of
American Axle and Manufacturing, Oxford, Michigan. The workers
produce forgings made from iron and steel.
The investigation revealed that workers of American Axle
and Manufacturing, Oxford, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of iron and steel
forgings, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of the workers at American Axle and Manufacturing,
Oxford, Michigan, have been totally or partially separated, or
are threatened with separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because American Axle and
Manufacturing has shifted to a foreign country the production
of articles like or directly competitive with the iron and
steel forgings produced by at the Oxford, Michigan facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by American Axle and Manufacturing to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Oxford, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Axle and
Manufacturing, Oxford, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of iron and steel forgings, 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 American Axle and Manufacturing, Oxford,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 3, 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 14th day of July, 2010

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