DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,137

SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
NORTH AMERICA FASTENERS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AREA TEMPS
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 May 25, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of SPS Technologies, LLC, North America Fasteners Division,
Cleveland, Ohio. The workers produce automotive fasteners and
the worker group includes on-site leased workers of Area Temps.
The investigation revealed that workers of SPS
Technologies, LLC, North America Fasteners Division,
Cleveland, Ohio who are engaged in employment related to the
production of automotive fasteners meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of SPS
Technologies, LLC, North America Fasteners Division,
Cleveland, Ohio produced and sold automotive fasteners to be
incorporated into automobiles to a firm with numerous active
certifications at different locations that employed workers
covered by active certifications. The certifications are based
on increased company imports of automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by SPS Technologies, LLC, North America Fasteners Division,
Cleveland, Ohio with a TAA-certified firm, with respect to
automotive fasteners sold to the TAA-certified firm,
contributed importantly to worker separations at SPS
Technologies, LLC, North America Fasteners Division,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SPS Technologies,
LLC, North America Fasteners Division, Cleveland, Ohio 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 SPS Technologies, LLC, North America
Fasteners Division, Cleveland, Ohio who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 24,
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/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance