DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,841

PSB INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CAREER CONCEPTS STAFFING SERVICES, MUSZYKA BUILDERS ELECTRIC,
PRIORITY ELECTRIC, AND VOLT SERVICES GROUP
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2010 by a Pennsylvania state workforce
official on behalf of workers of PSB Industries, Inc., Erie,
Pennsylvania. The workers manufacture gas and liquid
purification systems, and provide general fabrication,
sandblasting, painting, and other assembly services. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Career Concepts
Staffing Services, Muszyka Builders Electric, Priority
Electric, and Volt Services Group.
The investigation revealed that workers of PSB Industries,
Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to production of gas and liquid purification systems,
and/or general fabrication, sandblasting, painting, and other
assembly services, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been totally or partially separated over
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because PSB Industries, Inc.
produced component parts that were directly supplied to a firm
with a TAA-certified worker group, and the components were
related to the production of an article that was the basis for
the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to components and
assembly services sold to the TAA-certified firm, contributed
importantly to worker separations at PSB Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PSB Industries, Inc.,
Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to gas
and liquid purification systems, and general fabrication,
sandblasting, painting, and other assembly services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of PSB Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Career Concepts Staffing Services,
Muszyka Builders Electric, Priority Electric, and Volt
Services Group, Erie, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 3,
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 29th day of December, 2010


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