DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,035

GENERAL MOTORS (GM)
WARREN GLOBAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DEVELOPMENT DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL (DDI)
WARREN, MICHIGAN

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 25, 2017 by the United Auto Workers (UAW), Local
909 on behalf of workers of General Motors (GM), Warren Global
Propulsion Systems, Warren, Michigan (herein referred to as
"General Motors - Warren Global Propulsion Systems"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of 6-speed transmissions and electrical drive units. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Development Dimensions International (DDI).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 General Motors -
Warren Global Propulsion Systems 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)(A) has been met because the 6-speed
transmissions and electrical drive units produced by General
Motors - Warren Global Propulsion Systems for a firm that
employed a certified worker group accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of General Motors - Warren
Global Propulsion Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Motors (GM),
Warren Global Propulsion Systems, including on-site leased
workers from Development Dimensions International (DDI), Warren,
Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of 6-speed transmissions and electrical drive units
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 General Motors (GM), Warren Global
Propulsion Systems, including on-site leased workers from
Development Dimensions International (DDI), Warren,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 25, 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 16th day of August 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance