Certified
« back to search results

TAW-73392  /  ABB, Inc. (Pontiac, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 01/14/2009
Filed Date: 02/01/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/09/2010
Determination Date: 07/09/2010
Expiration Date: 07/09/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,392

ABB PAINT FINISHING, INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF ABB, LTD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BEELINE CORPORATION
PONTIAC, 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(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 February 1, 2010 on behalf of workers at ABB Paint
Finishing, Incorporated, a division of ABB, Ltd., Pontiac,
Michigan (ABB Paint Finishing). The workers produce sheet metal
fabrication for ABB, Incorporation's Robotics Automations
Operations Division. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Beeline Corporation.
The investigation revealed that workers of ABB Paint
Finishing, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of sheet metal fabrication, meet the criteria for
certification as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at ABB Paint Finishing have become
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because ABB Paint Finishing
produced and sold component parts to a firm that employed a
worker group who is currently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by ABB Paint Finishing with the afore-mentioned firm, with
respect to sheet metal fabrication, contributed importantly to
worker separations at the Pontiac, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ABB Paint Finishing,
Incorporated, a division of ABB, Ltd., including on-site
leased workers from Beeline Corporation, Pontiac, Michigan,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of sheet
metal fabrication, 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 ABB Paint Finishing, Incorporated, a
division of ABB, Ltd., including on-site leased workers
from Beeline Corporation, Pontiac, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 14, 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 9th day of July, 2010

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