Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 06/29/2019
Filed Date: 06/30/2020
Most Recent Update: 07/14/2020
Determination Date: 07/14/2020
Expiration Date: 07/14/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-96,022
EXACTA AEROSPACE
PCC AEROSTRUCTURES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, SUMMIT
EMPLOYMENT, AND EXPLEO
WICHITA, KANSAS
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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 30, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Exacta Aerospace, PCC
Aerostructures Division, Wichita, Kansas (Exacta Aerospace-
Wichita). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of machined aircraft parts and assemblies. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Summit Employment, and Expleo.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Exacta Aerospace-Wichita
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Exacta Aerospace-
Wichita is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the component
parts produced for the afore-referenced firm accounted for at
least 20 percent of the production and/or sales of Exacta
Aerospace-Wichita.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Exacta Aerospace-
Wichita, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of machined aircraft parts and assemblies, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Exacta Aerospace, PCC Aerostructures
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Summit Employment, and Expleo, Wichita, Kansas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 29, 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 14th day of July 2020.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance