DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,226

LEAR CORPORATION
SEATING DIVISION
ROCHESTER HILLS, 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 October 13, 2017 by the United Auto Workers (UAW),
Local 5960 on behalf of workers of Lear Corporation, Seating
Division, Rochester Hills, Michigan ("Lear Corporation"). The
workers' firm is engaged in the activities related to the
production of automobile seating. Specifically, the workers
assemble seats that are ready to be placed into automobiles.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-
85,909 which expired on April 30, 2017.
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 Lear Corporation 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
actual finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the seating
assembly produced by Lear Corporation for a firm that employed
a certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of Lear Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lear Corporation,
Seating Division, Rochester Hills, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to production of automobile 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 Lear Corporation, Seating Division,
Rochester Hills, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 1, 2017 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 November 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance