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TAW-91699  /  Hexcel Corporation (Kent, WA)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 04/12/2015
Filed Date: 04/13/2016
Most Recent Update: 09/22/2016
Determination Date: 09/22/2016
Expiration Date: 09/22/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,699

HEXCEL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELTIA RECRUITMENT INC./KELTIA DESIGN INC., KELLY SERVICES INC.,
MOSELEY TECHNICAL SERVICES, AND VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
KENT, WASHINGTON

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 April 13, 2016 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge No. 160, on
behalf of workers of Hexcel Corporation, Kent, Washington
(Hexcel). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of aircraft parts and sub-assemblies of
commercial aircraft.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Keltia Recruitment, Inc./Keltia Design Inc., Kelly Services
Inc., Moseley Technical Services, and Volt Workforce Solutions.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Hexcel have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Hexcel 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 commercial
aircraft that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the afore-referenced firm contributed
importantly to worker separations Hexcel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hexcel, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of aircraft
parts and sub-assemblies, 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 Hexcel Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Keltia Recruitment, Inc./Keltia Design Inc.,
Kelly Services Inc., Moseley Technical Services, and Volt
Workforce Solutions, Kent, Washington, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after April
12, 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 22nd day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance