DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,766

MODERN TRANSMISSION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HAMILTON-RYKER
LEITCHFIELD, 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 4, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Modern Transmission Development Company, including
on-site leased workers from Hamilton-Ryker, Leitchfield,
Kentucky (MTD-Leitchfield). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of transmission and gearbox
assemblies, aluminum diecast components, and injection molded
components. Workers are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
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 MTD-Leitchfield 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 a(n)
article(s) like or directly competitive with the article(s)
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at MTD-Leitchfield.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MTD-Leitchfield, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
transmission and gearbox assemblies, aluminum diecast
components, and injection molded plastic components, 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 Modern Transmission Development Company,
including on-site leased workers from Hamilton-Ryker,
Leitchfield, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 3, 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