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TAW-73071  /  Arvin Meritor, Incorporated (Belvidere, IL)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 12/09/2008
Filed Date: 12/10/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/23/2010
Determination Date: 06/23/2010
Expiration Date: 06/23/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,071

ARVINMERITOR, INCORPORATED
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CAMRYN INDUSTRIES LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QPS COMPANIES
BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on June 23, 2010, applicable to workers and former
workers of ArvinMeritor, Incorporated, including on-site leased
workers from QPS Companies, Belvidere, Illinois (subject firm).
The Department’s Notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on July 7, 2010 (75 FR 39047).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
chassis and modules.
New information shows that ArvinMeritor, Incorporated was
purchased by Camryn Industries LLC in August 2010 and is
currently known as Camryn Industries LLC. Workers separated from
employment at the subject firm may have had their wages reported
under a separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account under
the name Camryn Industries LLC.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to show a change in ownership of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected as a
secondary component supplier of automotive chassis and modules to
a firm covered by an active TAA certification.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,071 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of ArvinMeritor, Incorporated, currently known
as Camryn Industries LLC, including on-site leased workers
from QPS Companies, Belvidere, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 9, 2008,
through June 23, 2012, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on 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 at Washington, D.C. this 17th day of September, 2010
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,071

ARVIN MERITOR, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM QPS COMPANIES
BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS

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 December 10, 2009, by the United Auto Workers, Local 1268, on
behalf of workers of Arvin Meritor, Incorporated, Belvidere,
Illinois (Arvin Meritor). The workers are engaged in activity
related to the production of automotive chassis and modules. The
worker group includes on-site workers from QPS Companies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Arvin Meritor, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of automotive
chassis and modules, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion or
number of workers at Arvin Meritor were totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Arvin Meritor
produced and sold automotive chassis and modules to a firm that
employed a worker group who is currently covered by an active TAA
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business by
Arvin Meritor with the afore-mentioned firm, with respect to
automotive chassis and modules, contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Arvin Meritor, Belvidere, Illinois facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Arvin Meritor,
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers of QPS Companies,
Belvidere, Illinois, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive chassis and modules, 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 Arvin Meritor, Incorporated, including on-
site leased workers of QPS Companies, Belvidere, Illinois,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 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 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 23rd day of June, 2010.


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





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