DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,165

TRIUMPH COMPOSITE SYSTEMS, INC.
A DIVISION OF TRIUMPH GROUP
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON


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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance petition filed on September 10, 2019 by
the International Association of Machinists (IAM), District
Lodge 751, on behalf of workers of Triumph Composite Systems,
Inc., a Division of Triumph Group, Spokane, Washington (TCS).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of aircraft and aerospace components and parts.
Workers are not separately identifiable by the article produced.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
Members of the subject worker group are eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-92,569 (certification
expires March 14, 2019).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the aircraft and aerospace
components and parts produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations, or
threats of separation, at TCS.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TCS, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of aircraft and
aerospace components and parts, 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 Triumph Composite Systems, Inc., a
Division of Triumph Group, Spokane Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 15, 2019 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 13th day of September 2019.

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