DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,445

BROWNSTOWN BATTERY ASSEMBLY
GENERAL MOTORS SUBSYSTEMS MANUFACTURING, LLC DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
BROWNSTOWN CHARTER TOWNSHIP, 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 January 8, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Brownstown Battery Assembly, GM Subsystems
Manufacturing, LLC Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Motors Company, Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan
(herein referred to as GM Brownstown Battery Assembly). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of lithium-ion batteries specifically for the Buick LaCrosse
and Chevrolet Volt.
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 GM Brownstown
Battery Assembly 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 articles that were the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the lithium-ion
battery produced by GM Brownstown Battery Assembly for a firm
that employed a certified worker group accounted for at least
20 percent of the production or sales of GM Brownstown Battery
Assembly.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brownstown Battery
Assembly, GM Subsystems Manufacturing, LLC Division, a wholly
owned subsidiary of General Motors Company, Brownstown Charter
Township, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lithium-ion batteries for the Buick LaCrosse and
Chevrolet Volt 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 Brownstown Battery Assembly, GM Subsystems
Manufacturing, LLC Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Motors Company, Brownstown Charter Township,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 7, 2018 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 February 2019.

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