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TAW-74694  /  IAC Greencastle, LLC (Greencastle, IN)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 10/05/2009
Filed Date: 10/06/2010
Most Recent Update: 12/07/2010
Determination Date: 12/07/2010
Expiration Date: 12/07/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,694

IAC GREENCASTLE, LLC
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA

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 October 6, 2010 by an official from the United Auto
Workers, Local 2382 on behalf of workers of IAC Greencastle,
LLC, Greencastle, Indiana. The workers produce automotive hard
trim.
The investigation revealed that workers of IAC Greencastle
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
automotive hard trim 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 their
separations are planned.
Criterion II has been met because workers of IAC
Greencastle produced component parts that were directly
supplied to a firm with a currently certified TAA worker
group, and the components supplied were related to the
production of articles that were the basis for the TAA
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the automotive hard
trim produced or supplied by IAC Greencastle to a firm that
employed a worker group covered by an active certification
accounted for at least 20 percent of production or sales.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IAC Greencastle, LLC,
Greencastle, Indiana, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of automotive hard trim, 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 IAC Greencastle, LLC, Greencastle,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 5, 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 7th day of December, 2010


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