DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,029

FAURECIA EXHAUST SYSTEMS
EAST PLANT
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
TROY, OHIO

TA-W-73,029A

FAURECIA EXHAUST SYSTEMS
WEST PLANT
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
TROY, OHIO

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 December 7, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Faurecia Exhaust Systems, East Plant, Troy, Ohio
(TA-W-73,029), and Faurecia Exhaust Systems, West Plant, Troy,
Ohio (TA-W-73,029A). The workers produced exhaust systems for
the automotive industry. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower at both locations.
The investigation revealed that workers of Faurecia Exhaust
Systems, who are engaged in employment related to production
of automotive exhaust systems, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the firm has
shifted to a foreign country production of an article like or
directly competitive with the article produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of automotive exhaust systems by Faurecia Exhaust
Systems contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the East Plant and West Plant in Troy, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia Exhaust
Systems, East Plant, Troy, Ohio (TA-W-73,029), and Faurecia
Exhaust Systems, West Plant, Troy, Ohio (TA-W-73,029A), who are
engaged in employment related to production of automotive
exhaust systems, 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 Faurecia Exhaust Systems, East Plant,
Troy, Ohio (TA-W-73,029), Faurecia Exhaust Systems, West
Plant, Troy, Ohio (TA-W-73,029A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
12, 2010, 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 May, 2010


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