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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance
Petitions have been filed with the
Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and
are identified in the Appendix to this
notice. Upon receipt of these petitions,
the Administrator of the Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, Employment
and Training Administration, has
instituted investigations pursuant to
Section 221(a) of the Act.
The purpose of each of the
investigations is to determine whether
the workers are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Title II,
Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations
will further relate, as appropriate, to the
determination of the date on which total
or partial separations began or
threatened to begin and the subdivision
of the firm involved.
The petitioners or any other persons
showing a substantial interest in the
subject matter of the investigations may
request a public hearing provided such
request is filed in writing with the
Administrator, Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, at the address
shown below, no later than April 1,
2021.
Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments regarding the
subject matter of the investigations to
the Administrator, Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, at the address
shown below, not later than April 1,
2021.
The petitions filed in this case are
available for inspection at the Office of
the Administrator, Office of Trade
Adjustment Assistance, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–5428,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of
February 2021.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
Appendix
34 TAA PETITIONS INSTITUTED BETWEEN 1/1/21 AND 1/31/21
Subject firm
(petitioners)
Location
Precision Aluminum Inc. (Worker) .........................................
Aptiv (State Official) ...............................................................
ILSCO LLC (Company Official) ..............................................
Texas PMW (State Official) ....................................................
LSC Communications (State Official) ....................................
J.B. Smith Manufacturing (State Official) ...............................
TPL Transition Services (F.K.A. Globe Fire Sprinkler Corp.)
(State Official).
SECO/Warwick Corporation (State Official) ...........................
Bonney Forge Texas, L.P/WFI International (State Official)
The Roanoke Times (State Official) .......................................
Industrial C&S of PR LLC, a legal registered entity in Puerto
Rico; it belongs to the firm ABB Ltd (Company Official).
Tube Forgings of America, Inc. (State Official) .....................
Ormco Corporation (Worker Official) .....................................
Umbra Cuscinetti, Inc. (State Official) ....................................
Star Forge LLC (dba Jorgensen Forge) (State Official) ........
Cardinal Health (Company Official) .......................................
IBEX Global Solutions, Inc. (State Official) ............................
SunPower Manufacturing Oregon LLC (State Official) ..........
Medtronics/Minimed Distributing (State Official) ....................
Rexnord Flatware (State Official) ...........................................
JW Aluminum Company (State Official) ................................
Equipnet, Inc. (State Official) .................................................
AES Corporation (State Official) ............................................
BGF South Hill Multi-Layer Facility (State Official) ................
Dayco Products, LLC (State Official) .....................................
Cartus Corporation (State Official) .........................................
Ormco/Spark (Worker Official) ...............................................
Transform SR LLC (State Official) .........................................
Torax Medical (State Official) .................................................
Transform SR LLC (State Official) .........................................
HSBC Banking and Technology Services (State Official) .....
Bed Bath and Beyond (Worker Official) .................................
Pereles Brothers, Inc. (State Official) ....................................
Viatris Inc. formerly Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Union Official).
Wadsworth, OH .....................
Troy, MI ..................................
Cincinnati, OH ........................
Houston, TX ...........................
Kendallville, IN .......................
Houston, TX ...........................
Standish, MI ...........................
04–Jan–2021
04–Jan–2021
06–Jan–2021
08–Jan–2021
08–Jan–2021
08–Jan–2021
11–Jan–2021
31–Dec–2020.
31–Dec–2020.
05–Jan–2021.
07–Jan–2021.
08–Jan–2021.
08–Jan–2021.
08–Jan–2021.
Meadville, PA .........................
Houston, TX ...........................
Roanoke, VA ..........................
Vieques, PR ...........................
11–Jan–2021
11–Jan–2021
14–Jan–2021
14–Jan–2021
08–Jan–2021.
08–Jan–2021.
12–Jan–2021.
12–Jan–2021.
Portland, OR ..........................
Pomona, CA ..........................
Everett, WA ............................
Tukwila, WA ...........................
Fort Mill, SC ...........................
New Braunfels, TX .................
Hillsboro, OR .........................
San Antonio, TX ....................
Grafton, WI ............................
Williamsport, PA ....................
Canton, MA ............................
Peabody, MA .........................
South Hill, VA ........................
Williston, SC ..........................
Danbury, CT ..........................
Pomona, CA ..........................
Round Rock, TX ....................
Saint Paul, MN .......................
San Antonio, TX ....................
Depew, NY .............................
Ocoee, FL ..............................
Milwaukee, WI .......................
Morgantown, WV ...................
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15–Jan–2021
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28–Jan–2021
28–Jan–2021
14–Jan–2021.
14–Jan–2021.
14–Jan–2021.
14–Jan–2021.
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08–Jan–2021.
21–Jan–2021.
15–Jan–2021.
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96674
96675
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96679
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with the Section 223
(19 U.S.C. 2273) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271, et seq.) (‘‘Act’’), as
amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents summaries of
determinations regarding eligibility to
apply for trade adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of the Act (‘‘TAA’’) for
workers by (TA–W) number issued
during the period of January 1, 2021
through January 31, 2021. (This Notice
primarily follows the language of the
Trade Act. In some places however,
changes such as the inclusion of
subheadings, a reorganization of
language, or ‘‘and,’’ ‘‘or,’’ or other words
are added for clarification.)
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Section 222(a)—Workers of a Primary
Firm
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for workers of
a primary firm and a certification issued
regarding eligibility to apply for TAA,
the group eligibility requirements under
Section 222(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
2272(a)) must be met, as follows:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in
Section 222(a)(1) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
2272(a)(1)) is that a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such
workers’ firm (or ‘‘such firm’’) have
become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
AND (2(A) or 2(B) below)
(2) The second criterion (set forth in
Section 222(a)(2) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied by either (A)
the Increased Imports Path, or (B) the
Shift in Production or Services to a
Foreign Country Path/Acquisition of
Articles or Services from a Foreign
Country Path, as follows:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) the sales or production, or both, of
such firm, have decreased absolutely;
AND (ii and iii below)
(ii) (I) imports of articles or services
like or directly competitive with articles
produced or services supplied by such
firm have increased; OR
(II)(aa) imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles into
which one or more component parts
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produced by such firm are directly
incorporated, have increased; OR
(II)(bb) imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which
are produced directly using the services
supplied by such firm, have increased;
OR
(III) imports of articles directly
incorporating one or more component
parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly
competitive with imports of articles
incorporating one or more component
parts produced by such firm have
increased;
AND
(iii) the increase in imports described
in clause (ii) contributed importantly to
such workers’ separation or threat of
separation and to the decline in the
sales or production of such firm; OR
(B) Shift in Production or Services to
a Foreign Country Path OR Acquisition
of Articles or Services from a Foreign
Country Path:
(i) (I) there has been a shift by such
workers’ firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles or the supply of
services like or directly competitive
with articles which are produced or
services which are supplied by such
firm; OR
(II) such workers’ firm has acquired
from a foreign country articles or
services that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are
produced or services which are
supplied by such firm;
AND
(ii) the shift described in clause (i)(I)
or the acquisition of articles or services
described in clause (i)(II) contributed
importantly to such workers’ separation
or threat of separation.
Section 222(b)—Adversely Affected
Secondary Workers
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected secondary workers of a firm and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for TAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2272(b))
must be met, as follows:
(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;
AND
(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
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production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such
certification (as defined in subsection
222(c)(3) and (4) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
2272(c)(3) and (4));
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 determined under paragraph
(1).
Section 222(e)—Firms Identified by the
International Trade Commission
In order for an affirmative
determination to be made for adversely
affected workers in firms identified by
the International Trade Commission and
a certification issued regarding
eligibility to apply for TAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section
222(e) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
2272(e))must be met, by following
criteria (1), (2), and (3) as follows:
(1) the workers’ firm is publicly
identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in—
(A) an affirmative determination of
serious injury or threat thereof under
section 202(b)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
2252(b)(1)); OR
(B) an affirmative determination of
market disruption or threat thereof
under section 421(b)(1)of the Act (19
U.S.C. 2436(b)(1)); OR
(C) an affirmative final determination
of material injury or threat thereof under
section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
AND
(2) the petition is filed during the 1year period beginning on the date on
which—
(A) a summary of the report submitted
to the President by the International
Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2252(f)(1)) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in
paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register under section 202(f)(3)
(19 U.S.C. 2252(f)(3)); OR
(B) notice of an affirmative
determination described in
subparagraph (B) or (C)of paragraph (1)
is published in the Federal Register;
AND
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section
221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (``the Act'') and are identified in the
Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the
Administrator of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment
and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to
Section 221(a) of the Act.
The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether
the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title
II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as
appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial
separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the
firm involved.
The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest
in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public
hearing provided such request is filed in writing with the
Administrator, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address
shown below, no later than April 1, 2021.
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding
the subject matter of the investigations to the Administrator, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later
than April 1, 2021.
The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at
the Office of the Administrator, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance,
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of February 2021.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Appendix
34 TAA Petitions Instituted Between 1/1/21 and 1/31/21
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Subject firm
TA-W (petitioners) Location Date of institution Date of petition .
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96660................ Precision Aluminum Inc. Wadsworth, OH..... 04-Jan-2021.......... 31-Dec-2020.
(Worker).
96661................ Aptiv (State Official). Troy, MI.......... 04-Jan-2021.......... 31-Dec-2020.
96662................ ILSCO LLC (Company Cincinnati, OH.... 06-Jan-2021.......... 05-Jan-2021.
Official).
96663................ Texas PMW (State Houston, TX....... 08-Jan-2021.......... 07-Jan-2021.
Official).
96664................ LSC Communications Kendallville, IN.. 08-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96665................ J.B. Smith Houston, TX....... 08-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
Manufacturing (State
Official).
96666................ TPL Transition Services Standish, MI...... 11-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
(F.K.A. Globe Fire
Sprinkler Corp.)
(State Official).
96667................ SECO/Warwick Meadville, PA..... 11-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
Corporation (State
Official).
96668................ Bonney Forge Texas, L.P/ Houston, TX....... 11-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
WFI International
(State Official).
96669................ The Roanoke Times Roanoke, VA....... 14-Jan-2021.......... 12-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96670................ Industrial C&S of PR Vieques, PR....... 14-Jan-2021.......... 12-Jan-2021.
LLC, a legal
registered entity in
Puerto Rico; it
belongs to the firm
ABB Ltd (Company
Official).
96671................ Tube Forgings of Portland, OR...... 15-Jan-2021.......... 14-Jan-2021.
America, Inc. (State
Official).
96672................ Ormco Corporation Pomona, CA........ 15-Jan-2021.......... 14-Jan-2021.
(Worker Official).
96673................ Umbra Cuscinetti, Inc. Everett, WA....... 19-Jan-2021.......... 14-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96674................ Star Forge LLC (dba Tukwila, WA....... 19-Jan-2021.......... 14-Jan-2021.
Jorgensen Forge)
(State Official).
96675................ Cardinal Health Fort Mill, SC..... 21-Jan-2021.......... 19-Jan-2021.
(Company Official).
96676................ IBEX Global Solutions, New Braunfels, TX. 21-Jan-2021.......... 08-Jan-2021.
Inc. (State Official).
96677................ SunPower Manufacturing Hillsboro, OR..... 22-Jan-2021.......... 21-Jan-2021.
Oregon LLC (State
Official).
96678................ Medtronics/Minimed San Antonio, TX... 25-Jan-2021.......... 15-Jan-2021.
Distributing (State
Official).
96679................ Rexnord Flatware (State Grafton, WI....... 26-Jan-2021.......... 25-Jan-2021.
Official).
96680................ JW Aluminum Company Williamsport, PA.. 26-Jan-2021.......... 25-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96681................ Equipnet, Inc. (State Canton, MA........ 26-Jan-2021.......... 25-Jan-2021.
Official).
96682................ AES Corporation (State Peabody, MA....... 26-Jan-2021.......... 25-Jan-2021.
Official).
96683................ BGF South Hill Multi- South Hill, VA.... 26-Jan-2021.......... 25-Jan-2021.
Layer Facility (State
Official).
96684................ Dayco Products, LLC Williston, SC..... 27-Jan-2021.......... 26-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96685................ Cartus Corporation Danbury, CT....... 27-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96686................ Ormco/Spark (Worker Pomona, CA........ 27-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
Official).
96687................ Transform SR LLC (State Round Rock, TX.... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
Official).
96688................ Torax Medical (State Saint Paul, MN.... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
Official).
96689................ Transform SR LLC (State San Antonio, TX... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
Official).
96690................ HSBC Banking and Depew, NY......... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
Technology Services
(State Official).
96691................ Bed Bath and Beyond Ocoee, FL......... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
(Worker Official).
96692................ Pereles Brothers, Inc. Milwaukee, WI..... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021.
(State Official).
96693................ Viatris Inc. formerly Morgantown, WV.... 28-Jan-2021.......... 27-Jan-2021
Mylan Pharmaceuticals
Inc. (Union Official).
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