DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,522

L.A. DARLING COMPANY LLC
MAJOR METALS DIVISION
PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS


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:
(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)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; 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 October 17, 2011 by workers of L.A. Darling Company,
LLC, Major Metals Division, Paragould, Arkansas (L.A. Darling).
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of metal store fixture and display systems.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of metal store fixtures and display systems
produced by L.A Darling have declined during the relevant
periods.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of metal store fixtures and display systems like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by L.A.
Darling have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at L.A.
Darling.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of L.A. Darling Company
LLC, Major Metals Division, Paragould, Arkansas, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of metal store fixtures
and display systems, 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 L.A. Darling Company LLC, Major Metals
Division, Paragould, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 14,
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 10th day of February, 2012

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