TAW-91352A / Express Personnel, Randstad and Whelan Security Company (New Madrid, MO)
Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 01/14/2015
Filed Date: 01/15/2016
Most Recent Update: 05/23/2016
Determination Date: 03/25/2016
Expiration Date: 03/25/2018
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,352
NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI
TA-W-91,352A
EXPRESS PERSONNEL, RANDSTAD, AND WHELAN SECURITY COMPANY
WORKING ON-SITE AT
NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on March 25, 2016 applicable to workers of
Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Express Personnel, and Randstad, New Madrid, Missouri. The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on April 26, 2016 (81 FR 24648).
At the request of the State of Missouri, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
aluminum smelter, aluminum sows, ingots, billets, and rods.
The company reports that workers leased from Whelan
Security Company were employed on-site at the New Madrid,
Missouri location of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation. The Department has
determined that these workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Whelan Security
Company, working on-site at New Madrid, Missouri location of
Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding
Corporation.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-91,352 and TA-W-
91,352AS is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of “All workers of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a
subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, New Madrid,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 5, 2016 through March 25,
2018, and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on 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;
AND,
All workers of Express Personnel, Randstad, and Whelan
Security Company, working on-site at Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a
subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, New
Madrid, Missouri (TA-W-91,352A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 14,
2015 through March 25, 2018, 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 23rd day of May, 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
_________________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,352
NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI
TA-W-91,352A
EXPRESS PERSONNEL AND RANDSTAD
WORKING ON-SITE AT
NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI
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 January 15, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Express Personnel, and Randstad, New
Madrid, Missouri (herein referred to as Noranda Aluminum, Inc.).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of aluminum smelter, aluminum sows, ingots, billets,
and rods.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-83,340 based increased aggregate data that certification
expired on February 4, 2016. The workers of Express Personnel
and Randstad LLC were not named within the certification.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, United States Geological
Survey, and United States International Trade Commission.
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 production of aluminum smelter, aluminum sows, ingots,
billets, and rods by Noranda Aluminum, Inc. have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
reliance on aggregate United States imports of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by Noranda
Aluminum, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased United States aggregate imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Noranda Aluminum, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Noranda Aluminum,
Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Express
Personnel, and Randstad, New Madrid, Missouri, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of aluminum smelter,
aluminum sows, ingots, billets, and rods, 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 Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, New Madrid, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 5, 2016 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;
AND,
All workers of Express Personnel and Randstad, working on-
site at Noranda Aluminum, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda
Aluminum Holding Corporation, New Madrid, Missouri (TA-W-
91,352A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 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 25th day of March 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance