DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,355

HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE COMPANY
HAWKINSVILLE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WILLSTAFF WORLDWIDE
HAWKINSVILLE, GEORGIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 23, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Hawkinsville Division,
Hawkinsville, Georgia. The workers were engaged in production of
filter media for the automotive industry. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Willstaff Worldwide.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the worker group were separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Hollingsworth & Vose has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the filter media produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of filter media to China contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Hollingsworth & Vose Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hollingsworth & Vose
Company, Hawkinsville Division, Hawkinsville, Georgia, who were
engaged in employment related to production of filter media 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 Hollingsworth & Vose Company, Hawkinsville
Division, including on-site leased workers from Willstaff
Worldwide, Hawkinsville, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 10,
2008, 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 12th day of November, 2009.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifyi ng Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance