DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,537

SBNA SERVICES
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER SERVICES
KENTON, OHIO

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 July 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers of
SBNA Services, including onsite leased workers from Manpower
Services, Kenton, Ohio (Hereafter referred to as SBNA Services).
The workers produce phenolic resins and molding compounds. The
petition alleges that production of molding compounds has shifted
from the SBNA Services facility in Kenton, Ohio to a
manufacturing facility in Canada.
The investigation revealed that workers of the SBNA Services
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
phenolic resins and molding compounds meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers are threatened with separation in 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm is
shifting the production of an article that is like or directly
competitive with the article produced by the workers firm to a
foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of production
of molding compounds from SBNA Services has contributed
importantly to worker group separations at that facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SBNA Services,
including onsite leased workers from Manpower Services, Kenton,
Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to phenolic resins and
molding compounds 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 SBNA Services, including onsite leased
workers from Manpower Services, Kenton, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 2, 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 4th day of August, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance