DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,609

TESORO HAWAII, LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TESORO CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFING PARTNERS
KAPOLEI, HAWAII

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 March 28, 2013 by the United Steelworkers International
Union, District 12 on behalf of workers of Tesoro Hawaii, LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, Kapolei, Hawaii.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of refined petroleum products. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Staffing Partners.
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 workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the refined petroleum products
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Tesoro Hawaii, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, Kapolei, Hawaii.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tesoro Hawaii, LLC,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, Kapolei,
Hawaii, who are engaged in activities related to the production
refined petroleum products 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 Tesoro Hawaii, LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Tesoro Corporation, includes on-site leased
workers from Staffing Partners, Kapolei, Hawaii, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 27, 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 20th day of May, 2013.
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
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MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance