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TAW-95743  /  Flowmaster Mufflers (West Sacramento, CA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/26/2019
Filed Date: 02/27/2020
Most Recent Update: 03/10/2020
Determination Date: 03/10/2020
Expiration Date: 03/10/2022

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,743

FLOWMASTER MUFFLERS
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOLLEY PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, HORIZON
PERSONNEL SERVICES, AND DIRECT PLACEMENTS
WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

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 February 27, 2020, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Flowmaster Mufflers, a subsidiary of Holley
Performance Products, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, Horizon Personnel Services, and Direct Placements,
West Sacramento, California ("Flowmaster Mufflers"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of automotive exhaust products, including exhaust kits and
mufflers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Flowmaster Mufflers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flowmaster Mufflers,
a subsidiary of Holley Performance Products, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Horizon Personnel Services, and
Direct Placements, West Sacramento, California, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of automotive exhaust
products, including exhaust kits and mufflers, 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 Flowmaster Mufflers, a subsidiary of
Holley Performance Products, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Horizon Personnel Services, and
Direct Placements, West Sacramento, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 26, 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 10th day of March 2020.

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