DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,974

TI AUTOMOTIVE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MANPOWER, AEROTEK, AND SPHERION
CHESTERFIELD, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 9, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of TI Automotive, Chesterfield, Michigan. The workers
produce prototype and aftermarket parts for the automotive
industry. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Aerotek and Spherion.
The investigation revealed that workers of TI Automotive,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
prototype and aftermarket parts, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of prototype and aftermarket parts by TI
Automotive have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
prototype and aftermarket parts produced by TI Automotive have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at TI
Automotive.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TI Automotive,
Chesterfield, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related to
production of prototype and aftermarket parts, 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 TI Automotive, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Aerotek, and Spherion, Chesterfield,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 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 15th day of February, 2011


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