DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,256

TRW AUTOMOTIVE US, LLC
ACTIVE & PASSIVE SAFETY DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZF GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ATWORK PERSONNEL SERVICES AND ACCUFORCE
ATKINS, VIRGINIA

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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or
directly competitive with articles produced or services
supplied by such firm have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 22, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of TRW Automotive US, LLC, Active & Passive Safety
Division, a subsidiary of ZF Group, including on-site leased
workers from AtWork Personnel Services and Accuforce, Atkins,
Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of power rack & pinion steering gears.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(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(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers' firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to worker
group separations and sales/production declines at TRW
Automotive US, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TRW Automotive US,
LLC, Active & Passive Safety Division, a subsidiary of ZF Group,
including on-site leased workers from AtWork Personnel Services
and Accuforce, Atkins, Virginia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of power rack & pinion steering gears
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 TRW Automotive US, LLC, Active & Passive
Safety Division, a subsidiary of ZF Group, including on-
site leased workers from AtWork Personnel Services and
Accuforce, Atkins, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 19,
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 3rd day of January 2019.

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