DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,653

LIBBEY GLASS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF LIBBEY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
JEAN SIMPSON PERSONNEL SERVICES
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

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 April 17, 2013 by State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers of Libbey Glass, Inc., a subsidiary of Libbey, Inc.,
Shreveport, Louisiana (Libbey Glass). Workers were engaged in
activities related to the production of glass tableware and were
not separately identifiable by product line. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers of Jean Simpson Personnel
Services.
The petition alleged that "Manufacturing production has been
shifted to Monterrey Mexico."
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Libbey Glass has become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because Libbey Glass has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the glass tableware produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Libbey Glass. Contributed importantly means a
cause that is important but not necessarily more important than
any other cause.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Libbey 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 Libbey Glass, Inc., a subsidiary of Libbey,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Jean Simpson
Personnel Services, Shreveport, Louisiana, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after April 12,
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 June, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance