DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,277

STEELCASE, INC.
WOOD PLANT
CALEDONIA, MICHIGAN

TA-W-75,277A

MANPOWER
WORKING ON-SITE AT
STEELCASE, INC.
WOOD PLANT
CALEDONIA, 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:
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 February 15, 2011 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Steelcase, Inc., Wood Plant, Caledonia,
Michigan (Steelcase). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of office furniture. The group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower. The group
consists of workers who were certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-63,231 which expired on
June 13, 2010. Manpower was not included in the certification
for TA-W-63,231.
The investigation revealed that workers of Steelcase who
are engaged in activities related to the production of office
furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Steelcase have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Steelcase to a foreign country in the production of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced at
Steelcase.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of office
furniture to Mexico by Steelcase contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Steelcase.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Steelcase, Inc., Wood
Plant, Caledonia, Michigan (TA-W-75,277) and workers of
Manpower, working on-site at Steelcase, Inc., Wood Plant,
Caledonia, Michigan (TA-W-75,277A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of office furniture 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 Steelcase, Inc., Wood Plant, Caledonia,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 14, 2010, 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.
And
All workers of Manpower, working on-site at Steelcase,
Inc., Caledonia, Michigan who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 1, 2010,
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 4th day of March, 2011.


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