DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,027

MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC
SPECIALTY GROUP DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF MERITOR, INC.
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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), 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 August 27, 2013 by United Auto Workers (UAW) Local
1037 on behalf of workers of Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems,
LLC, Specialty Group Division, a subsidiary of Meritor, Inc.,
Heath, Ohio (Meritor). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of axles for heavy duty
vehicles. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Populus Group and Academy Medical.
Workers of Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC, Specialty
Group Division, a subsidiary of Meritor, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Populus Group and Academy Medical,
Heath, Ohio were previously certified under TA-W-75,304 that
expired on April 29, 2013. The earlier certification
identified the "Industrial Group Division". The "Specialty
Group Division" covered by this certification is the same
group.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Meritor is a
Supplier 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 is related to the finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Meritor with the firm that employed a certified
worker group contributed importantly to worker separations at
Meritor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meritor Heavy Vehicle
Systems, LLC, Specialty Group Division, a subsidiary of
Meritor, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Populus
Group, and Academy Medical, Heath, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of axles for heavy duty
vehicles meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). 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,
Specialty Group Division, a subsidiary of Meritor, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Populus Group, and
Academy Medical, Heath, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 30,
2013 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 18th day of November, 2013.


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