DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,021

VER-REST MANUFACTURING
WEST BRANCH, IOWA


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 by a state workforce official on August 26, 2013 on behalf
of workers of Ver-rest Manufacturing, West Branch, Iowa
(subject firm). The worker group is engaged in activities
related to the production of components for interiors of
tractor cabs. The worker group does not include leased
workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the subject firm's 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 sales and/or
production at the subject firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
components for interiors of tractor cabs produced by the
subject firm have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Ver-rest
Manufacturing, West Branch, Iowa.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ver-rest
Manufacturing, West Branch, Iowa, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of components for interiors of
tractor cabs, 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 Ver-rest Manufacturing, West Branch, Iowa,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 23, 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 31st day of December, 2013


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