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TAW-92101  /  Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly (Highland Park, MI)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/09/2015
Filed Date: 08/10/2016
Most Recent Update: 01/09/2017
Determination Date: 01/09/2017
Expiration Date: 01/09/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,101

INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY
A SUBSIDIARY OF COMER HOLDINGS & LEAR CORPORATE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VETBUILT
HIGHLAND PARK, 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 August 10, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly, a
subsidiary of Comer Holdings & Lear Corporate, including on-
site leased workers from VetBuilt, Highland Park, Michigan
(herein referred to as "Integrated Manufacturing and
Assembly"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the offering of automotive seating solutions. The subject
worker group is specifically involved in assembling automotive
seats.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the 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 Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Integrated
Manufacturing and Assembly, a subsidiary of Comer Holdings &
Lear Corporate, including on-site leased workers from
VetBuilt, Highland Park, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automotive seats 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 Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly, a
subsidiary of Comer Holdings & Lear Corporate, including
on-site leased workers from VetBuilt, Highland Park,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 9, 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 9th day of January 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance