DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,066

GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
FLOREFFE FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK STAFFING,
ALLEGIANCE STAFFING, AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
JEFFERSON HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 July 28, 2015 by the United Steelworkers, District 10
on behalf of workers of Guardian Industries Corp., Floreffe
Facility, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Staffing, Allegiance Staffing, and Express Employment
Professionals, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
tinted float glass for use in moon roofs, side windows for SUVs
and trucks, and RV windows.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and major
declining customers of the workers' firm.
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
and/or production of tinted float glass by Guardian Industries
Corp., Floreffe Facility, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek Staffing, Allegiance Staffing and Express
Employment Professionals, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Guardian Industries Corp., Floreffe
Facility, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Staffing, Allegiance Staffing and Express Employment
Professionals, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania 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
Guardian Industries Corp., Floreffe Facility, including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek Staffing, Allegiance
Staffing, and Express Employment Professionals, Jefferson
Hills, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Guardian Industries
Corp., Floreffe Facility, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek Staffing, Allegiance Staffing, and Express
Employment Professionals, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of tinted
float 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 Guardian Industries Corp., Floreffe
Facility, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Staffing, Allegiance Staffing and Express Employment
Professionals, Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 1, 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 19th day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance