DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,486

L & W SUPPLY, INC.,
A SUBSIDIARY OF USG CORPORATION
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & RECEIVABLE DIVISION
PICO RIVERA, CALIFORNIA


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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance petition filed on February 21, 2013 by the
State of California on behalf of workers of L & W Supply, Inc.,
a subsidiary of USG Corporation, Accounts Payable & Receivable
Division, Pico Rivera, California. The subject worker group is
engaged in activities related to the supply of accounts
receivable, payable, and payroll services for L & W Supply, Inc.
(subject firm) which sells and delivers building products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the Accounts Payable &
Receivable Division of the subject 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 acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the accounts receivable,
payable, and payroll services supplied by the subject worker
group, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Accounts Payable & Receivable Division of the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of L & W Supply, Inc.,
Accounts Payable & Receivable Division, Pico Rivera, California,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of accounts
receivable, payable, and payroll services, 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 & W Supply, Inc., a subsidiary of USG
Corporation, Accounts Payable & Receivable Division, Pico
Rivera, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 20, 2012
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 3rd day of April, 2013
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance