DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,662

HOWMET CORPORATION
WHITEHALL OPERATIONS
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CONTACT GEOMETRIC RESULTS, INC.
WHITEHALL, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 5, 2016 by the United Automobile and Aerospace
Workers, Local 1243 on behalf of workers of Howmet Corporation,
Whitehall Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa Inc.,
Whitehall, Michigan (herein known as "Howmet Corporation" or
"workers' firm"). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Contact Geometric Results, Inc. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of investment casted turbine components for the aerospace and
industrial gas turbine industries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Howmet Corporation.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Howmet Corporation,
Whitehall Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Contact Geometric
Results, Inc., Whitehall, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of investment casted
turbine components for the aerospace and industrial gas
turbine industries 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 Howmet Corporation, Whitehall Operations,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcoa Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Contact Geometric Results, Inc.,
Whitehall, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 4, 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 26th day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance