Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 08/11/2015
Filed Date: 08/12/2016
Most Recent Update: 02/15/2018
Determination Date: 08/11/2017
Expiration Date: 08/11/2019
Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-92,106
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
LITCHFIELD, MICHIGAN
TA-W-92,106A
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on August 11, 2017, applicable to workers
of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan (TA-W-92,106). The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on September 28, 2017 (82 FR 45311).
At the request of a state workforce office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in activities related to the production of
precision machined parts.
New information revealed that additional worker separations
occurred within a subdivision of the firm producing like or
directly competitive articles. These workers were affirmed to
be working at an auxiliary location in Jonesville, Michigan (TA-
W-92,106A), and supported the precision manufacturing business
in which the workers of the Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield,
Michigan were certified (TA-W-92,106) regarding activities
related to the production of precision machined parts.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were secondarily affected by
a worker group of a firm with a Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) certification resulting in a loss of business by the
subject firm which contributed importantly to worker separations
at the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of the Gonzalez Group, LLC,
Jonesville, Michigan (TA-W-92,106A).
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-92,106 and TA-W-
92,106A is hereby issued as follows:
“All workers of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan
(TA-W-92,106) and Gonzalez Group, LLC, Jonesville, Michigan
(TA-W-92,106A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 11, 2015, through two
years from the date 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 15t day of February, 2018.
/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
____________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-92,106
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
LITCHFIELD, 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 August 12, 2016 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan (Gonzalez
Group). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
precision machined parts.
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 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 Gonzalez Group 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 Gonzalez Group with the firm that employed a
certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at Gonzalez Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gonzalez Group, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of precision
machined parts, 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 Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 11, 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 11th day of August 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-92,106
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
LITCHFIELD, MICHIGAN
TA-W-92,106A
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
JONESVILLE, MICHIGAN
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on August 11, 2017, applicable to workers
of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan (TA-W-92,106). The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on September 28, 2017 (82 FR 45311).
At the request of a state workforce office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in activities related to the production of
precision machined parts.
New information revealed that additional worker separations
occurred within a subdivision of the firm producing like or
directly competitive articles. These workers were affirmed to
be working at an auxiliary location in Jonesville, Michigan (TA-
W-92,106A), and supported the precision manufacturing business
in which the workers of the Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield,
Michigan were certified (TA-W-92,106) regarding activities
related to the production of precision machined parts.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were secondarily affected by
a worker group of a firm with a Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) certification resulting in a loss of business by the
subject firm which contributed importantly to worker separations
at the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers of the Gonzalez Group, LLC,
Jonesville, Michigan (TA-W-92,106A).
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-92,106 and TA-W-
92,106A is hereby issued as follows:
“All workers of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan
(TA-W-92,106) and Gonzalez Group, LLC, Jonesville, Michigan
(TA-W-92,106A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 11, 2015, through two
years from the date 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 15t day of February, 2018.
/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
____________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-92,106
GONZALEZ GROUP, LLC
LITCHFIELD, 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 August 12, 2016 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan (Gonzalez
Group). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
precision machined parts.
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 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 Gonzalez Group 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 Gonzalez Group with the firm that employed a
certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at Gonzalez Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gonzalez Group, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of precision
machined parts, 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 Gonzalez Group, LLC, Litchfield, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 11, 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 11th day of August 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance