DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,207

AMERICAN AXLE & MFG. (AAM)
DETROIT MANUFACTURING COMPLEX (DMC)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

TA-W-81,207A

MSX INTERNATIONAL
WORKING ON-SITE AT AMERICAN AXLE & MFG. (AAM)
DETROIT MANUFACTURING COMPLEX (DMC)
DETROIT, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers’ firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 3, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), Detroit
Manufacturing Complex (DMC), Detroit, Michigan. The worker
group also consists of on-site leased workers from MSX
International. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of axles and steering linkages.
The worker group, minus MSX International, was previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) under petition number TA-W-64,083. The certification
expired on November 24, 2010.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
production of axles and steering linkages by AAM have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because firm-wide
company imports of articles like or directly competitive with
the article produced by AAM have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased firm-wide company imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and production declines at AAM.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Axle &
Manufacturing, Detroit Manufacturing Complex (DMC), including
on-site leased workers from MSX International, Detroit,
Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of axles and steering linkages 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 American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit
Manufacturing Complex (DMC), Detroit, Michigan (TA-W-
81,207), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 25, 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,
And
“All workers of MSX International, working on-site at
American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit Manufacturing
Complex (DMC), Detroit, Michigan (TA-W-81,207A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 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 19th day of January, 2012.

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