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TAW-94681  /  Bosal Industries-Georgia, Inc. (Ypsilanti, MI)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 03/22/2018
Filed Date: 04/02/2019
Most Recent Update: 05/24/2019
Determination Date: 05/24/2019
Expiration Date: 05/24/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,681

BOSAL INDUSTRIES-GEORGIA, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BOSAL NEDERLAND BV
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TAAL TECHNOLOGIES
YPSILANTI, 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 April 2, 2019 by the International Union, UAW Region 1,
UAW Local Union 155, on behalf of workers and former workers at
Bosal Industries-Georgia, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Bosal Nederland BV, including on-site leased workers from TAAL
Technologies, Ypsilanti, Michigan (Bosal). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of exhaust and
emission control systems for passenger vehicles.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of workers at Bosal have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated. Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Bosal 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 exhaust systems to the
afore-referenced firm accounted for at least 20 percent of Bosal
production/sales.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bosal, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of exhaust and emission
control systems, 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 Bosal Industries-Georgia, Inc., a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Bosal Nederland BV, including on-site
leased worker from TAAL Technologies, Ypsilanti, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 22, 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 24th day of May 2019.

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