DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,236

FAURECIA AUTOMOTIVE SEATING, LLC
NORTH AMERICA SEATING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BELFLEX
CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI


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 petition
filed on October 1, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC,
North America Seating Division, including on-site leased workers
from Belflex, Cleveland, Mississippi (Faurecia-Cleveland). Workers
of Faurecia-Cleveland are engaged in activities related to the
production of automotive component parts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Faurecia-Cleveland 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 those produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Faurecia-
Cleveland.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia-Cleveland, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of automotive
component 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 Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC, North
America Seating Division, including on-site leased workers
from Belflex, Cleveland, Mississippi, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September 30,
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 16th day of September 2020.

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