DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,629

ROYAL OAK INDUSTRIES, INC.
CORPORATE OFFICE
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN

TA-W-91,629A

ROYAL OAK BORING
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROYAL OAK INDUSTRIES, INC.
PORT HURON, MICHIGAN

TA-W-91,629B

BRONSON PRECISION PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROYAL OAK INDUSTRIES, INC.
BRONSON, 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(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 March 25, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Royal Oak Industries, Inc., Corporate Office,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (TA-W-91,629), Royal Oak Boring, a
subsidiary of Royal Oak Industries, Inc., Port Huron, Michigan
(TA-W-91,629A), and Bronson Precision Products, a subsidiary
of Royal Oak Industries, Inc., Bronson, Michigan (TA-W-
91,629B) (hereafter collectively referred to as "subject
firm"). The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of precision components for automotive and heavy
duty equipment. The subject worker groups do not include any on-
site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in each of the subject
worker groups have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because the subject firm 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 with the firm that employed a certified worker group
contributed importantly to subject worker group separations at
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of precision
components for automotive and heavy duty equipment, 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 Royal Oak Industries, Inc., Corporate
Office, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (TA-W-91,629), Royal
Oak Boring, a subsidiary of Royal Oak Industries, Inc.,
Port Huron, Michigan (TA-W-91,629A), and Bronson
Precision Products, a subsidiary of Royal Oak Industries,
Inc., Bronson, Michigan (TA-W-91,629B), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March
21, 2015 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 15th day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance