DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,258

RWD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS RWD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NATIONAL PRACTICES, MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS II DIVISION
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 June 17, 2010 by a state official on behalf of workers
of RWD Technologies, LLC, formerly known as RWD Technologies,
Inc., National Practices, Manufacturing Solutions II Division,
Troy, Michigan (RWD). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the provision of training and performance
improvement solutions. The petitioner alleged that a loss of
business with TAA-certified Chrysler Group LLC has led to
separations at the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of RWD who are
engaged in activities related to the provision of training and
performance improvement solutions meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a signification
proportion of the workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of RWD supplied
training and performance improvement solutions to a firm that
employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification to be used in relation to the production of the
customer's automotive engines, axles, stampings, and
automobiles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by RWD with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to the supply
of training and performance improvement solutions sold to the
TAA-certified firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at RWD.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RWD Technologies,
LLC, formerly known as RWD Technologies, Inc., National
Practices, Manufacturing Solutions II Division, Troy,
Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
provision of training and performance improvement solutions
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 RWD Technologies, LLC, formerly known as
RWD Technologies, Inc., National Practices, Manufacturing
Solutions II Division, Troy, Michigan, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May 26,
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 20th day of August, 2010

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