DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,993

ZODIAC AEROSPACE
D/B/A HEATH TECNA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZODIAC AEROSPACE USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZODIAC AEROSPACE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LAUNCH TECHNICAL
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, MANPOWER, KELLY SERVICES, ACCOUNTEMPS,
AND PLANETECHS
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON

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 July 5, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Zodiac Aerospace, d/b/a Heath Tecna, Inc., a
subsidiary of Zodiac Aerospace USA, Inc., a subsidiary of
Zodiac Aerospace, Inc., Bellingham, Washington (subject firm).
The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
manufacturing of aircraft interior seating and components. The
subject worker group is engaged in activities related to the
manufacturing of aircraft interior bins and monuments. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Launch
Technical Workforce Solutions, Manpower, Kelly Services,
Accountemps, and PlaneTechs.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' 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 the subject firm 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 with the firm that employed a certified worker group
contributed importantly to worker 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 aircraft
interior bins and monuments, 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 Zodiac Aerospace, dba Heath Tecna, Inc., a
subsidiary of Zodiac Aerospace USA, Inc., a subsidiary of
Zodiac Aerospace, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Launch Technical Workforce Solutions, Manpower,
Kelly Services, Accountemps, and PlaneTechs, Bellingham,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 3, 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 15th day of December 2017.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance