DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,265

OSRAM SYLVANIA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VICTORY PERSONNEL
SERVICES, INC., AND YOH SERVICES, LLC
WELLSBORO, 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;
(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 September 17, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Osram Sylvania, Inc., Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (Osram
Sylvania). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of glass products and aluminum metal bases for
incandescent and halogen lamps. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Victory personnel Services, Inc. and Yoh
Services, LLC.
The subject worker group is eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under an earlier certification (TA-W-83,192)
which expired on December 13, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and from a WENY television news
article dated October 7, 2015.
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 a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Osram Sylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Osram Sylvania, Inc.,
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of glass products and aluminum metal bases for
incandescent and halogen lamps, 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 Osram Sylvania, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Victory Personnel Services, Inc. and Yoh
Services, LLC, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 14,
2015 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 28th day of November 2015.

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