DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,835

AUTO WAREHOUSING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LABOR READY, EXPRESS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING
WOODHAVEN, 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 July 31, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Auto Warehousing Company, Woodhaven, Michigan
(Auto Warehousing Company). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of auto processing,
including vehicle handling and accessory installation. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Labor Ready, Express, and Supplemental Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
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 sales
and production of auto processing, including vehicle handling
and accessory installation by Auto Warehousing Company have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Auto Warehousing Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Auto
Warehousing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Auto Warehousing
Company, including on-site leased workers from Labor Ready,
Express, and Supplemental Staffing, Woodhaven, Michigan, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of auto
processing, including vehicle handling and accessory
installation 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 Auto Warehousing Company, including on-
site leased workers from Labor Ready, Express, and
Supplemental Staffing, Woodhaven Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 30, 2011 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 1st day of October, 2012.


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