Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 08/05/2018
Filed Date: 08/14/2019
Most Recent Update: 03/05/2020
Determination Date: 03/05/2020
Expiration Date: 03/05/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,072
GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC METAL CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MOTORS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM JONES LANG LASALLE-BUILDING MAINTENANCE
AND EUREST-JANITORIAL SERVICES
PONTIAC, 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 August 14, 2019 by the United Automobile Workers (UAW)
Union, Local 909 on behalf of workers of General Motors Pontiac
Metal Center, a subsidiary of General Motors, including on-site
leased workers from Jones Lang LaSalle-Building Maintenance and
Eurest-Janitorial Services, Pontiac, Michigan (hereafter
referred as "General Motors Pontiac Metal Center").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of stamped sheet metal parts for automotive
production use.
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 General Motors
Pontiac Metal Center 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 stamped sheet
metal parts produced by General Motors Pontiac Metal Center for
a firm that employed a certified worker group accounted for at
least 20 percent of the production or sales of General Motors
Pontiac Metal Center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Motors
Pontiac Metal Center, a subsidiary of General Motors, including
on-site leased workers from Jones Lang LaSalle-Building
Maintenance and Eurest-Janitorial Services, Pontiac, Michigan
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
stamped sheet metal parts 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 General Motors Pontiac Metal Center, a
subsidiary of General Motors, including on-site leased
workers from Jones Lang LaSalle-Building Maintenance and
Eurest-Janitorial Services, Pontiac, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 5, 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, 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 5th day of March 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance