DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,436

FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING
TROY TECHNICAL CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RELIANCE ONE, TRIALON
VENATOR, EHD TECHNOLOGIES, GTA, AND TAC
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 July 28, 2010 by a Michigan state workforce official
on behalf of workers of Faurecia Automotive Seating, Troy
Technical Center, Troy, Michigan. The workers provide
technical design and development and support services for
Faurecia Automotive Seating in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers of Reliance One,
Trialon, Venator, EHD Technologies, GTA, and TAC.
The investigation revealed that workers of Faurecia
Automotive Seating who are engaged in employment related to
technical and support services meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Faurecia
Automotive Seating supplied components directly to a firm with
a TAA-certified worker group, and the components supplied were
related to the production of an article that was the basis for
the certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Faurecia Automotive Seating with the TAA-certified firm,
with respect to automotive seating sold to the TAA-certified
firm, contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Troy Technical Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia Automotive
Seating, Troy Technical Center, including on-site leased
workers of Reliance One, Trialon, Venator, EHD Technologies,
GTA, and TAC, Troy, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to technical and support services, 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 Faurecia Automotive Seating, Troy
Technical Center, including on-site leased workers of
Reliance One, Trialon, Venator, EHD Technologies, GTA,
and TAC, Troy, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 6, 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 8th day of October, 2010


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