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TAW-92400  /  International Automotive Components (IAC) (Iowa City, IA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 11/05/2015
Filed Date: 11/07/2016
Most Recent Update: 07/12/2017
Determination Date: 07/12/2017
Expiration Date: 07/12/2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,400

INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS (IAC)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
IOWA CITY, IOWA

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 November 7, 2016 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of International Automotive Components (IAC),
Iowa City, Iowa (subject firm). The subject workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of interior auto
parts such as carpet, instrument panels, door panels, and
consoles. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the subject 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the interior auto parts
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of interior
auto parts, 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 International Automotive Components (IAC),
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Iowa City,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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 12th day of July 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance