Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 03/12/2009
Filed Date: 03/23/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/02/2010
Determination Date: 07/02/2010
Expiration Date: 07/02/2012
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-73,767
TOYODA GOSEI NORTH AMERICAN CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK; BROOKSOURCE, LLC;
CUCOR U.S., INC.; DESIGN & DIE USA, INC.; EIFEL DESIGN
SERVICES, LLC; ENTECH PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC.; G-TECH
PROFESSIONAL STAFFING, INC.; GONZALEZ DESIGN GROUP; KDDI
AMERICA, INC.; KELLY SERVICES, INC.; LINGUA SCIENCE
CORPORATION; PASONA MIC, INC.; POPULUS GROUP, LLC; SNELLING
STAFFING SERVICES; AND TAC AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
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(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 March 23, 2010 on behalf of workers of Toyoda Gosei
North American Corporation, Troy, Michigan. The workers supply
sales, engineering and administrative services for affiliated
production facilities. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek; Brooksource, LLC; Cucor U.S., Inc.;
Design & Die USA, Inc.; Eifel Design Services, LLC; Entech
Personnel Services, Inc.; G-TECH Professional Staffing, Inc.;
Gonzalez Design Group; KDDI America, Inc.; Kelly Services,
Inc.; Lingua Science Corporation; Pasona MIC, Inc.; Populus
Group, LLC; Snelling Staffing Services; and TAC Automotive
Group.
The investigation revealed that workers of Toyoda Gosei
North American Corporation, Troy, Michigan, meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Toyoda Gosei North American Corporation,
Troy, Michigan, have been totally or partially separated, or
threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject workers
supplied services directly to a firm that employed a worker
group who is currently eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA), and the services supplied were related to
the production of an article or the supply of a service that
was the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Toyoda Gosei North American Corporation, Troy, Michigan with
the afore-mentioned firm, with respect to those services
provided to the firm, 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 Toyoda Gosei North
American Corporation, Troy, Michigan 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 Toyoda Gosei North American Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek; Brooksource,
LLC; Cucor U.S., Inc.; Design & Die USA, Inc.; Eifel
Design Services, LLC; Entech Personnel Services, Inc.; G-
TECH Professional Staffing, Inc.; Gonzalez Design Group;
KDDI America, Inc.; Kelly Services, Inc.; Lingua Science
Corporation; Pasona MIC, Inc.; Populus Group, LLC;
Snelling Staffing Services; and TAC Automotive Group,
Troy, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 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 2nd day of July, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance