DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,633

MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
ALLEN PARK, 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 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 March 4, 2010 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc., Allen Park,
Michigan. The workers were engaged in activities related to the
administrative services for affiliated production facilities.
The investigation revealed that workers of Meridian
Automotive Systems, Allen Park, Michigan who were engaged in
activities related to the supply of administrative services meet
the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Meridian Automotive
Systems produced automotive parts that were directly supplied
to firms with TAA-certified worker groups, and the automotive
parts were related to the production of an article that was
the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Meridian Automotive Systems with the TAA-certified
customers, with respect to production of automotive parts,
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Allen
Park, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meridian Automotive
Systems, Inc., Allen Park, Michigan, who were engaged in
activities related to the supply of administrative services 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 Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc., Allen
Park, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 10, 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 4th day of June, 2010

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