DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-74,461

PROVIDENCE CHAIN COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MICROTECH STAFFING GROUP
AND OCCUPATIONS UNLIMITED
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

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 August 3, 2010 on behalf of workers of Providence Chain
Company, Providence, Rhode Island. The workers are engaged in
employment related the production of precious metal jewelry
chains. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Microtech Staffing Group and Occupations Unlimited.
The investigation revealed that workers of Providence Chain
Company, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of precious metal jewelry chains, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at Providence Chain Company have become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by Providence Chain Company to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
precious metal jewelry chains produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of precious metal jewelry chains to the Dominican
Republic contributed worker group separations at the
Providence, Rhode Island facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Providence Chain
Company, including on-site leased workers from Microtech
Staffing Group and Occupations Unlimited, Providence, Rhode
Island, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of precious metal jewelry chains, 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 Providence Chain Company, including on-
site leased workers from Microtech Staffing Group and
Occupations Unlimited, Providence, Rhode Island, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 30, 2009, 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 13th day of August, 2010


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance