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TAW-81522  /  Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC (Pittsburgh, PA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 04/19/2011
Filed Date: 04/20/2012
Most Recent Update: 06/15/2012
Determination Date: 06/15/2012
Expiration Date: 06/15/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,522

PITTSBURGH GLASS WORKS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF KOHLBERG COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCOUNT TEMPS, KEYSTONE
STAFFING SOLUTIONS, BELCANM AND STAFFING MANAGEMENT
PITTSBURGH, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), 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 April 20, 2012 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC, a subsidiary
of Kohlberg and Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The
workers' firm produces windshields and windows for
automobiles. The worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of corporate and administrative services
for the firm. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Account Temps, Keystone Staffing Solutions,
Belcanm and Staffing Management.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Pittsburgh Glass
Works is a Supplier 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 is
related to the finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Pittsburgh Glass Works with the firm that employed
the TAA-certified worker group contributed importantly to
worker separations at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pittsburgh Glass
Works, LLC, a subsidiary of Kohlberg and Company, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of corporate and administrative services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:




"All workers of Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC, a subsidiary
of Kohlberg and Company, including on-site leased workers
from Account Temps, Keystone Staffing Solutions, Belcanm
and Staffing Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 19, 2011 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 15th day of June, 2012


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