DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,695

VICO COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ROPER PERSONNEL SERVICES
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 October 6, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vico Company, Sumter, South Carolina. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Roper Personnel
Services. The workers were engaged in activities related to
production of automotive brake parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vico Company,
who were engaged in activities related to production of
automotive brake parts, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of automotive brake parts to a
foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Vico Company contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Sumter, South Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vico Company, Sumter,
South Carolina, who were engaged in activities related to
production of automotive brake pads, 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 Vico Company, including on-site leased
workers from Roper Personnel Services, Sumter, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 4, 2009, 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 19th day of January, 2011

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