DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,785

INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY
DETROIT PLANT
SEATING DIVISION
A JOINT VENTURE WITH COMER HOLDINGS & LEAR CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VETBUILT
DETROIT, 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(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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND

(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on May 2, 2018 by a
state workforce office on behalf of workers of Integrated
Manufacturing and Assembly, Detroit Plant, Seating Division, a
joint venture with Comer Holdings & Lear Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Vetbuilt, Detroit, Michigan
(Integrated-Seating Division). Workers of Integrated-Seating
Division are engaged in activities related to the production of
automotive seating metals, sub-assemblies, and seat assemblies,
and are not separately identifiable by product line.
Workers of Integrated-Seating Division are separately
identifiable from the worker group eligible to apply for TAA
under TA-W-92,101.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Integrated-Seating Division have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Integrated-Seating Division.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Integrated-Seating
Division, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of automotive seating metals, sub-assemblies, and seat
assemblies, 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 Integrated Manufacturing and Assembly,
Detroit Plant, Seating Division, a joint venture with Comer
Holdings & Lear Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Vetbuilt, Detroit, 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 22nd day of May 2018.

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