DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,755

INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS (IAC)
MADISONVILLE PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PEOPLEPLUS, MANPOWER, AND CUSTOM STAFFING
MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY


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 March 3, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of International Automotive
Components (IAC), Madisonville Plant, Madisonville, Kentucky
(IAC-Madisonville). The subject firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of blow-molded ducts, blow-molded
deck boards, and thermoformed headliners used in automobile
interiors (blow-molded component parts). The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from PeoplePlus, Manpower, and
Custom Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
obtained information from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at IAC-Madisonville have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened with
total or partial separation.
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 blow-molded component
parts produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at IAC-Madisonville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IAC-Madisonville who
are engaged in activities related to the production of blow-
molded 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 International Automotive Components (IAC),
Madisonville Plant, including on-site leased workers from
PeoplePlus, Manpower, and Custom Staffing, Madisonville,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 2, 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 17th day of March 2020.

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