DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,425

DOUGLAS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MASTERSON PERSONNEL,
JUST IN CASE, CAMBODIAN EMPLOYMENT, AND AWARD STAFFING
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA

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 July 23, 2010 by a Minnesota state workforce official
on behalf of workers of Douglas Corporation, including on-site
workers from Masterson Personnel, Just In Case, Cambodian
Employment, and Award Staffing, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The
workers produce emblems and nameplates for automotive vehicles.
The investigation revealed that workers of Douglas
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of emblems and nameplates meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant period, or are
threatened with separations.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Douglas
Corporation produced emblems and nameplates that were directly
supplied to firms with currently certified TAA worker groups,
and the emblems and nameplates supplied were related to the
production of articles that were the basis for the TAA
certifications.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Douglas Corporation with the TAA-certified firms, with
respect to the emblems and nameplates sold to the TAA-
certified firms, contributed importantly to worker separations
at Douglas Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Douglas Corporation,
including on-site workers from Masterson Personnel, Just In
Case, Cambodian Employment, and Award Staffing, Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of emblems and nameplates for automotive vehicles
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 Douglas Corporation, including on-site
workers from Masterson Personnel, Just In Case, Cambodian
Employment, and Award Staffing, Eden Prairie, Minnesota,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 22, 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 28th day of September, 2010


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