DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,304

MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC
INDUSTRIAL GROUP DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
POPULUS GROUP AND ACADEMY MEDICAL
HEATH, 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 15, 2011 on behalf of workers of Meritor
Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of ArvinMeritor,
Industrial Group Division, Heath, Ohio. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of heavy duty truck
axles. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Populus Group and Academy Medical.
The investigation revealed that workers of Meritor Heavy
Vehicle Systems, who are engaged in activities related to
production of heavy duty truck axles, meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Meritor Heavy Vehicle
Systems produced heavy duty truck axles that were directly
supplied to a firm with a TAA-certified worker group, and the
heavy truck axles supplied were related to the production of
an article that was the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the firm that employed
a TAA-certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent
of the production or sales of Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meritor Heavy Vehicle
Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of ArvinMeritor, Industrial Group
Division, Heath, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to
production of heavy duty truck axles, 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 Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC, a
subsidiary of ArvinMeritor, Industrial Group Division,
including on-site leased workers from Populus Group and
Academy Medical, Heath, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 27,
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 29th day of April, 2011


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