DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,274

AEES GRAND TRAVERSE STAMPING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
FARMINGTON, 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 January 12, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of AEES Grand Traverse Stamping, Farmington Hills,
Michigan. The workers produce high-speed metal stampings. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of AEES Grand
Traverse Stamping, Farmington Hills, Michigan who are engaged
in employment related to the production of high-speed metal
stampings 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 workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of high-speed metal stampings to Mexico by AEES
Grand Traverse Stamping contributed importantly to the threat
of separation at the Farmington Hills, Michigan facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AEES Grand Traverse
Stamping, Farmington Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of high-speed metal
stampings 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 AEES Grand Traverse Stamping, including
on-site leased workers from Manpower, Farmington Hills,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 12, 2009, 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 26th day of February, 2010

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