DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,180

ZODIAC SEAT SHELLS US LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF C&D ZODIAC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, PLANETECHS, AND
JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP
SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA

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 September 7, 2016, by an American Job Center on behalf
of workers of Zodiac Seat Shells US LLC, a subsidiary of C&D
Zodiac, including on-site leased workers from Volt Workforce
Solutions, PlaneTechs, and Johnson Service Group, Santa Maria,
California (Zodiac Seat Shells). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of aircraft passenger
seat shells.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Zodiac Seat Shells 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the aircraft passenger
seat shells produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Zodiac Seat Shells.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Zodiac Seat Shells,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
aircraft passenger seat shells, 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 Zodiac Seat Shells US LLC, a subsidiary of
C&D Zodiac, including on-site leased workers from Volt
Workforce Solutions, PlaneTechs, and Johnson Service
Group, Santa Maria, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
6, 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 21st day of October 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance