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TAW-73778  /  Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (Tanner, AL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 02/26/2010
Filed Date: 03/24/2010
Most Recent Update: 06/11/2010
Determination Date: 06/11/2010
Expiration Date: 06/11/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,778

SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES USA, INC.
SECURITY WORKERS ON-SITE AT DPH HOLDINGS
TANNER, ALABAMA

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 March 24, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., security
workers on-site at DPH Holdings, Tanner, Alabama. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of
automotive steering and drive axle components. The workers were
previously covered under TA-W-62,838 which expired on February
25, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Securitas
Security Services USA, Inc., security workers on-site at DPH
Holdings, Tanner, Alabama who are engaged in employment
related to the production of automotive steering and drive axle
components, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated at the Tanner, Alabama
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because DPH Holdings shifted a
substantial portion of production to a foreign country of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers' firm at the Tanner, Alabama facility
during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by DPH Holdings contributed importantly
to worker separations at the Tanner, Alabama facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Securitas Security
Services USA, Inc., security workers on-site at DPH Holdings,
Tanner, Alabama 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 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.,
security workers on-site at DPH Holdings, Tanner, Alabama,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 26, 2010, 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 11th day of June, 2010

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