DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,208

APEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM LABOR FINDERS/LF STAFFING, AND LABOR READY
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON

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), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 10, 2011, by a Company Official on behalf of
workers of Apex Industries, Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington.
The workers produce precision sheet metal parts or assemblies.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Labor
Finders/LF Staffing, and Labor Ready.
The investigation revealed that workers of Apex Industries,
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to production of
precision sheet metal parts or assemblies, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers at the subject firm have been
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of precision sheet metal parts or assemblies
have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of 200 level box build units incorporating articles
like or directly competitive with the precision sheet metal
parts or assemblies produced by Apex Industries, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the customer imports of 200 level box build units contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Apex Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Apex Industries,
Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington, who are engaged in employment
related to production of precision sheet metal parts or
assemblies 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 Apex Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Labor Finders/LF Staffing, and Labor
Ready, Spokane Valley, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 8,
2010, 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 28th day of March, 2011


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