DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,569

TRIUMPH COMPOSITE SYSTEMS, INC.
A DIVISION OF TRIUMPH GROUP
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

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 January 24, 2017 by the International Association of
Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), District Lodge 751, on
behalf of workers of Triumph Composite Systems, Inc., a
Division of Triumph Group, Spokane Washington (TCS). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of aircraft and aerospace components and parts. Workers are not
separately identifiable by the article produced. The worker
group does not include on-site leased workers.
The worker group is covered under a previous certification
(TA-W-85,879) which expires on May 19, 2017.
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 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at TCS.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Triumph Composite
Systems, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aircraft and aerospace components and 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 Triumph Composite Systems, Inc., a
Division of Triumph Group, Spokane Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 20, 2017 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 March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance