DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,209

SAINT JEAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
HEBER SPRINGS, USA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK
HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS

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 November 8, 2013 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Saint Jean Industries, Inc., Heber Springs, USA
division, Heber Springs, Arkansas. The worker group is
inclusive of on-site leased workers from Staffmark. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of aluminum automobile suspension components, specifically;
control arms, knuckles, and brackets used in the undercarriage
of vehicles.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and major declining customers.
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 the sales of
aluminum automobile suspension components by Saint Jean
Industries, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of aluminum automobile suspension components like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by Saint Jean
Industries Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Saint Jean Industries Inc..
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Saint Jean
Industries, Inc., Heber Springs, USA division, including on-
site leased workers from Staffmark, Heber Springs, Arkansas,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
aluminum automobile suspension components 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 Saint Jean Industries, Inc., Heber
Springs, USA division, including on-site leased workers
from Staffmark, Heber Springs, Arkansas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 7, 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 21st day of February, 2014.


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