DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,252

Congoleum Corporation
Trenton, New Jersey

TA-W-83,252A

Congoleum Corporation
Mercerville, New Jersey

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 December 2, 2013 by a State of New Jersey workforce
office on behalf of workers of Congoleum Corporation, Trenton,
New Jersey (TA-W-83,252) and Congoleum Corporation,
Mercerville, New Jersey (TA-W-83,252A) are the subject of this
investigation (subject firm). The firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of tile flooring.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Congoleum 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 tile flooring produced by the workers,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Congoleum.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Congoleum
Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey (TA-W-83,252) and Congoleum
Corporation, Mercerville, New Jersey (TA-W-83,252A), who are
engaged in activities related to production of tile flooring,
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 Congoleum Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey
(TA-W-83,252) and Congoleum Corporation, Mercerville, New
Jersey (TA-W-83,252A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 30, 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 10th day of January 2014


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