DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,558

UNITED SOLAR OVONIC
AUBURN HILLS, 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 August 25, 2010 by three workers of United Solar
Ovonic, Auburn Hills, Michigan. The worker group does not
include on-site leased workers. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of solar panels.
The investigation revealed that workers of United Solar,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
solar panels, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers at United Solar has been totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because United Solar has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the solar panels produced at the
Auburn Hills, Michigan facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of solar
panel production to Mexico by United Solar contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Auburn Hills,
Michigan facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United Solar Ovonic,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of solar
products, 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 United Solar Ovonic, Auburn Hills,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 23, 2009, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 5th day of October, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance