DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,029

COMPX PRECISION SLIDES, INC
DBA COMPX DURISLIDE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM GILL STAFFING,
MANPOWER, INC., NETWORK PLACE, AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL
BRYRON CENTER, 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 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 December 22, 2010 on behalf of the workers of CompX
Precision Slides, Inc., dba CompX Durislide, Byron Center,
Michigan (CompX). The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of precision telescoping drawer slides. The
worker group includes on-leased on-site leased workers from Gill
Staffing, Manpower, Inc., Network Place, and Express Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of CompX, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of precision
telescoping drawer slides, meet the following criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at CompX are threatened with total or
partial separation.
Criterion II has been met because CompX has shifted to
foreign countries the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the precision telescoping drawer slides
produced by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production abroad contributed importantly to the threatened
worker separations at the Byron Center, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CompX, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of precision
telescoping drawer slides, 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 CompX Precision Slides, Inc., dba CompX
Durislide, including on-site leased workers from Gill
Staffing, Manpower, Inc., Network Place, and Express
Personnel, Byron Center, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
16, 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 2nd day of March, 2011


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