DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,231

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADVANTAGE STAFFING
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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. (Set forth in 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 January 8, 2010 on behalf of workers of Quaker
Chemical Corporation, Detroit, Michigan (Quaker Chemical
Corporation). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of lubricants and specialty chemicals. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Advantage Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Quaker Chemical
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Advantage
Staffing, Detroit, Michigan, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of lubricants and specialty chemicals
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in a portion of the production of lubricants and specialty
chemicals by Quaker Chemical Corporation to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the production of lubricants and specialty chemicals by
Quaker Chemical Corporation Industries, Inc. to China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Quaker
Chemical Corporation
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quaker Chemical
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Advantage
Staffing, Detroit, Michigan, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of lubricants and specialty chemicals,
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 Quaker Chemical Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Advantage Staffing, Detroit,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 16, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 25th day of June, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance