DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,223

GLOBAL SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ELWOOD STAFFING AND AEROTEK
BRYAN, OHIO

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 February 11, 2011 on behalf of workers of Global
Suspension Systems, LLC, Bryan, Ohio (Global Suspension
Systems). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of metal suspension and transmission components.
The group consists of on-site leased workers from Elwood
Staffing and Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of Global
Suspension Systems who are engaged in activities related to
the production of metal suspension and transmission components
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Global Suspension Systems have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Global
Suspension Systems produced metal suspension and transmission
components that were directly supplied to firms with a
currently certified Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) worker
group, and metal suspension and transmission components was
related to the production of an article that was the basis for
the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Global Suspension Systems with the TAA-certified firms,
with respect to metal suspension and transmission components
sold to the TAA certified firms, contributed importantly to
worker separations at Global Automotive Suspension Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Global Suspension
Systems, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Elwood
Staffing and Aerotek, Bryan, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of metal suspension and
transmission components 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 Global Suspension Systems, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Elwood Staffing and Aerotek,
Bryan, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 7, 2010, 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 11th day of April, 2011.


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