DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,656

HYUNDAI ROTEM USA CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 21, 2017 by the Transport Workers Union (TWU),
Local 234, on behalf of workers of Hyundai Rotem USA Corporation,
a subsidiary of Hyundai Rotem Company, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (Hyundai Rotem USA Corporation). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of passenger
rail cars. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and major declining customer(s).
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of passenger rail cars at Hyundai Rotem USA
Corporation have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the passenger rail
cars produced by Hyundai Rotem USA Corporation have increased
during the twelve month period prior to the petition date
(February 21, 2017) when compared to the representative base
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Hyundai Rotem USA
Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hyundai Rotem USA
Corporation, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of passenger rail cars, 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 Hyundai Rotem USA Corporation, a subsidiary
of Hyundai Rotem Company, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
21, 2016, 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 June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance