DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Corrected Copy
4/11/11
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,042

ALLIED SYSTEMS, LTD
AKA ALLIED AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
SUBSIDIARY OF ALLIED SYSTEMS HOLDING
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN

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 "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 23, 2010 on behalf of workers of Allied
Systems, Ltd, AKA Allied Automotive Group, Subsidiary of Allied
Systems Holdings, Janesville, Wisconsin (subject firm). The
subject firm provides transportation services for the automotive
industry (such as transporting vehicles and supplies during the
production process to/from plants and transporting vehicles
to/from testing facilities, rail station, and other locations).
The worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who supply transportation services, meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm have become totally
or partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm
supplied transportation services to a firm that employed a
worker group eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) and the service supplied is related to the production of
the automotives that were the basis of the certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by the subject firm with the afore-mentioned firm contributed
importantly to the worker separations at the Janesville,
Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
supply transportation 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 Allied Systems, Ltd, AKA Allied Automotive
Group, Subsidiary of Allied Systems Holdings, Janesville,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 15, 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 April, 2011


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