DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,605

KERN-LIEBERS USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND RENHILL
HOLLAND, OHIO

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 March 27, 2013 by The International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Region 2B on behalf of workers of Kern-Liebers
USA, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Renhill, Holland, Ohio. The workers' firm was engaged in
activities related to production of photovoltaic wire for solar
cells.
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 firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the workers,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Kern-Liebers USA, Inc., Holland, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kern-Liebers USA,
Inc., Holland, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of photovoltaic wire for solar cells, 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 Kern-Liebers USA, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower and Renhill, Holland, Ohio,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 25, 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 15th day of May, 2013.


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