DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,096

DOW ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
METAL ORGANICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES AND
U.S. SECURITY ASSOCIATES
NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 June 16, 2015 on behalf of workers of Dow Electronic
Materials, Metal Organics, North Andover, Massachusetts (Dow
Electronic Materials - Metal Organics). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of metal organic
precursors used in the electronics industry. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Services
and U.S. Security Associates.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Dow Electronic Materials - Metal Organics.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dow Electronic
Materials - Metal Organics, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of metal organic precursors used in
the electronics industry, 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 Dow Electronic Materials, Metal Organics,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and
U.S. Security Associates, North Andover, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 29, 2014, 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 29th day of July, 2015

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