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TAW-73777  /  Accurate Machine & Tool LLC (Raleigh, NC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/23/2009
Filed Date: 03/24/2010
Most Recent Update: 06/25/2010
Determination Date: 06/25/2010
Expiration Date: 06/25/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,777

ACCURATE MACHINE & TOOL LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUNBELT DIVERSIFIED LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND SKILL FORCE LLC
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 24, 2010 by the company official on behalf of
workers of Accurate Machine & Tool LLC, a subsidiary of Sunbelt
Diversified LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina (Accurate Machine
Raleigh). The workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of machined parts used in
the "RedBox" DVD dispensing machine. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The investigation revealed
that the worker group at the subject firm includes on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and Skill Force LLC.
The investigation revealed that workers of Accurate Machine
Raleigh who are engaged in employment related to the production
of machined parts used in the "RedBox" DVD dispensing machine
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of machined parts used in the "RedBox" DVD
dispensing machine by Accurate Machine Raleigh have decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
machined parts used in the "RedBox" DVD dispensing machine by
Accurate Machine Raleigh have increased. Specifically, the
Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding their purchases of machined
parts used in the "RedBox" DVD dispensing machine during the
relevant period. The survey revealed increased customer
reliance on imported machined parts used in the "RedBox" DVD
dispensing machine.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of machined parts used in the "RedBox"
DVD dispensing machine by customers of Accurate Machine
Raleigh contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Accurate Machine
Raleigh.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Accurate Machine &
Tool LLC, a subsidiary of Sunbelt Diversified LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Skill Force LLC,
Raleigh, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of machined parts used in the "RedBox" DVD
dispensing machine 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 Accurate Machine & Tool LLC, a subsidiary
of Sunbelt Diversified LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek and Skill Force LLC, Raleigh, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 23, 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 25th day of June, 2010

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance