DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,535

CARDINAL FG COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARDINAL GLASS INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND
LEWIS COUNTY WORK OPPORTUNITIES
CHEHALIS, 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)(III) imports of articles directly incorporating one
or more component parts produced outside the United
States that are like or directly competitive with
imports of articles incorporating one or more component
parts produced 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 April 26, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cardinal FG Company, a subsidiary of Cardinal Glass
Industries, Chehalis, Washington. The workers group includes
on-site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals
and Lewis Country Work Opportunities. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of tempered
glass for solar panels and residential windows.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and a major declining
customer.
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 tempered glass by Cardinal FG Company
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of solar modules directly incorporating articles like
or directly competitive with the tempered glass produced by
Cardinal FG Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports of solar modules contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Cardinal FG Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cardinal FG
Company, a subsidiary of Cardinal Glass Industries, including
on-site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals
and Lewis Country Work Opportunities, Chehalis, Washington,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
tempered glass, 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 Cardinal FG Company, a subsidiary of
Cardinal Glass Industries, including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals and Lewis
Country Work Opportunities, Chehalis, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 25, 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 20th day of June, 2012


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