DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,001

FIBER GLASS SYSTEMS
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS OF SAN ANTONIO STAFFING
BIG SPRING, TEXAS

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 December 2, 2009 on behalf of workers of Fiber Glass
Systems, National Oilwell Varco, Big Spring, Texas. The
workers produced pipes and fittings. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from San Antonio Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fiber Glass
Systems who are engaged in employment related to production of
pipes and fittings meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of pipes and fittings to China by Fiber Glass
Systems contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Big Spring, Texas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fiber Glass Systems,
National Oilwell Varco, Big Spring, Texas, who are engaged in
employment related to pipe and fittings 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 Fiber Glass Systems, National Oilwell
Varco, including on-site leased workers of San Antonio
Staffing, Big Spring, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 1,
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 11th day of March, 2010

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