DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,887

GEAR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
DRIVELINE BUSINESS UNIT
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS (AAM)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP
NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 June 11, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Gear Design and Manufacturing, Driveline Business
Unit, a subsidiary of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings
(AAM), including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and
Johnson Service Group, North Charleston, South Carolina ("Gear
Design and Manufacturing / AAM Charleston"). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of machined
parts for motorcycle transmissions, including gears, shafts,
hubs, and sleeves.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and major
customer(s) of the 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 the sales
and/or production of machined parts for motorcycle
transmissions, including gears, shafts, hubs, and sleeves by
Gear Design and Manufacturing / AAM Charleston 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 Gear Design and Manufacturing / AAM
Charleston have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at Gear
Design and Manufacturing / AAM Charleston.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gear Design and
Manufacturing, Driveline Business Unit, a subsidiary of
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (AAM), including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek and Johnson Service Group,
North Charleston, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of machined parts for motorcycle
transmissions, including gears, shafts, hubs, and sleeves,
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 Gear Design and Manufacturing, Driveline
Business Unit, a subsidiary of American Axle &
Manufacturing Holdings (AAM), including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek and Johnson Service Group, North
Charleston, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 10, 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 25th day of July 2019.

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