DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,730

MAGNA SEATING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, INC.
LORDSTOWN SEATING SYSTEMS
AN OPERATING UNIT OF MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.INCLUDING ON-SITE
LEASED WORKERS FROM ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS GROUP
WARREN, OHIO

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 March 15, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Magna Seating Systems of America, Inc., Lordstown
Seating Systems, an operating unit of Magna International
Inc., Warren, Ohio (herein known as "Magna Seating Systems of
America, Inc." or "workers' firm"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
seating; specifically the workers assemble automobile seats.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Alliance Solutions Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 Magna Seating
Systems of America, Inc. 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 automotive seating that was the basis
for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the automotive
seating produced by Magna Seating Systems of America, Inc.
for a firm that employed a certified worker group accounted
for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of Magna
Seating Systems of America, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Magna Seating Systems
of America, Inc., Lordstown Seating Systems, an operating unit
of Magna International Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Alliance Solutions Group, Warren, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automotive seating 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 Magna Seating Systems of America, Inc.,
Lordstown Seating Systems, an operating unit of Magna
International Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Alliance Solutions Group, Warren, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March
14, 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 7th day of June 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance