DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,077

MAIDA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
INTEGRITY STAFFING SERVICES, INC.
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 14, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Maida Development Company, Hampton, Virginia (Maida
Hampton). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of varistors. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Integrity Staffing Services, Inc.
The worker group, Maida Hampton, was certified eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition
number TA-W-70,194, which expired on June 26, 2011.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Maida Hampton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Maida Development
Company, including on-site leased workers from Integrity
Staffing Services, Inc., Hampton, Virginia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of varistors 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 Maida Development Company, including on-
site leased workers from Integrity Staffing Services,
Inc., Hampton, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 27, 2011,
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 9th day of December, 2011.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment