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TAW-73432  /  GHSP, Inc. (Troy, MI)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/05/2010
Filed Date: 02/03/2010
Most Recent Update: 04/07/2010
Determination Date: 04/07/2010
Expiration Date: 04/07/2012


Corrected Copy: May 4, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,432

GHSP, INC.
TROY DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
TROY, 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 February 3, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of GHSP, Inc., Troy Division, Troy, Michigan. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
electronic components. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line. The worker group also includes on-
site leased workers of Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of GHSP, Inc., Troy
Division who are engaged in employment related to the
production of electronic components, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers are threatened with separation at the Troy,
Michigan location.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Troy, Michigan location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by GHSP, Inc. contributed importantly to
worker separations at the Troy, Michigan facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GHSP, Inc., Troy
Division, including on-site leased workers of Manpower, Troy,
Michigan 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 GHSP, Inc., Troy Division, including on-
site leased workers of Manpower, Troy, Michigan who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 5, 2009 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 7th day of April, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance