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TAW-73077  /  Grupo Antolin (Belvidere, IL)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 12/09/2008
Filed Date: 12/10/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/16/2010
Determination Date: 06/16/2010
Expiration Date: 06/16/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,077

GRUPO ANTOLIN
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRUPO ANTOLIN NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES ARE
REPORTED THROUGH KEYLAND USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JOB NETWORK
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 16, 2010, applicable to workers of Grupo
Antolin, a subsidiary of Grupo Antolin North America, including
on-site leased workers from Job Network, Belvidere, Illinois.
The workers produce door trim modules for the automotive
industry. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
July 1, 2010 (75 FR 38141).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information shows that Keyland USA, Inc. has a service
agreement signed with Grupo Antolin to provide the administration
services of the IT area, including day to day IT operations as
well as support in the launch of new projects and any other
related activity. Some workers separated from employment at the
Belvidere, Illinois location of Grupo Antolin, a subsidiary of
Grupo Antolin North America had their wages reported under a
separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account under the name
Keyland USA, Inc.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
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 to a trade certified primary firm,
(Chrysler Assembly Plant, Belvidere, Illinois).


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,077 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Grupo Antolin, a subsidiary of Grupo
Antolin North America, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through
Keyland USA, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Job Network, Belvidere, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 9, 2008 through June 16, 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 19th day of December 2011.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,077

GRUPO ANTOLIN
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRUPO ANTOLIN NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JOB NETWORK
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 Trade 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 Union,
Local 1268, on behalf of workers of Grupo Antolin, a subsidiary of
Grupo Antolin North America, Belvidere, Illinois. The workers
produce door trim modules for the automotive industry.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Job
Network.
The investigation revealed that workers of Grupo Antolin who
are engaged in employment related to production of door trim
modules meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment has declined by
at least five percent during the period under investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Grupo Antolin
produced and sold door trim modules to a firm that employed a
TAA-certified worker group to be incorporated into automobiles.

Criterion III has been met because the door trim modules
produced by Grupo Antolin for a firm that employed a TAA-
certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of Grupo Antolin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Grupo Antolin, a
subsidiary of Grupo Antolin North America, Belvidere, Illinois,
who are engaged in employment related to production of door trim
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 Grupo Antolin, a subsidiary of Grupo Antolin
North America, including on-site leased workers from Job
Network, 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 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 16th day of June, 2010

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



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