DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,817

MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
DETROIT, 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 March 31, 2010 on behalf of workers of Meridian
Automotive Systems, Detroit, Michigan. The workers produced
expanded polypropylene foam isolators for the automotive
industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Meridian
Automotive Systems, who are engaged in employment related to
production of expanded polypropylene foam isolators, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the successor-in-
interest to Meridian Automotive Systems has shifted to a
foreign country the production of an article like or directly
competitive with the article produced by Meridian Automotive
Systems.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Detroit, Michigan facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meridian Automotive
Systems, Detroit, Michigan, who were engaged in employment
related to production of expanded polypropylene foam isolators,
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 Meridian Automotive Systems, Detroit,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 28, 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 23rd day of July, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance