DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,118

MATRIX IV INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
THE AGENCY STAFFING
WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS

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 November 29, 2011 by a one-stop operator on behalf of
workers of Matrix IV Inc., Woodstock, Illinois (Matrix IV). The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of plastic molded parts. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from The Agency Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and its major declining
customers.
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 production of plastic molded parts produced by Matrix IV
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the article produced by Matrix IV have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales and production
declines at Matrix IV.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Matrix IV Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from The Agency Staffing,
Woodstock, Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of plastic molded parts 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 Matrix IV Inc., including on-site leased
workers from The Agency Staffing, Woodstock, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 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 20th day of January, 2012.

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