Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 03/21/2015
Filed Date: 03/22/2016
Most Recent Update: 07/12/2016
Determination Date: 06/01/2016
Expiration Date: 06/01/2018
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,611
SHERWIN ALUMINA COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CCC GROUP, MCWHORTER
ELECTRIC, MMR CONSTRUCTORS, INC., DOLS MANAGED WORKFORCE,
FIRST INSTRUMENT SOLUTIONS, T. PARKER HOST, REXCO, GP
STRATEGIES, JM DAVIDSON, PALACIOS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL, ALL
SPECIALTY, LK JORDAN, STROM, AND ST. JAMES STEVEDORING
PARTNERS, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH HOST TERMINALS
GREGORY, TEXAS
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 June 1, 2016, applicable to workers of
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas. The Department’s
notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
June 28, 2016 (81 FR 41997).
At the request of State Workforce Office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
alumina.
New information shows that workers separated from
employment at Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas had
their wages reported through a separate unemployment insurance
(UI) tax account under the name Host Terminals. Host Terminals
is a separate entity owned by T. Parker Host.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
customer imports of alumina.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-91,611 is hereby issued as
follows:
"All workers of Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter Electric,
MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce, First
Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial,
All Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James
Stevedoring Partners, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through Host
Terminals, Gregory, Texas who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 21, 2015
through June 1, 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.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 12th day of July, 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
__________________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,611
SHERWIN ALUMINA COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CCC GROUP, MCWHORTER
ELECTRIC, MMR CONSTRUCTORS, INC., DOLS MANAGED WORKFORCE,
FIRST INSTRUMENT SOLUTIONS, T PARKER HOST, REXCO, GP
STRATEGIES, JM DAVIDSON, PALACIOS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL, ALL
SPECIALTY, LK JORDAN, STROM, AND ST. JAMES STEVEDORING
PARTNERS, LLC
GREGORY, TEXAS
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 March 22, 2016 by a union official (United
Steelworkers Local 235A) on behalf of workers of Sherwin
Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas, hereafter referred to as
“Sherwin Alumina”. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of alumina. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter
Electric, MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce,
First Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial, All
Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James Stevedoring
Partners, LLC. Workers are not separately identifiable by the
article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and from a WARN Notice.
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 alumina by Sherwin Alumina have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Sherwin Alumina 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
Sherwin Alumina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sherwin Alumina
Company, LLC, including on-site leased workers from CCC Group,
McWhorter Electric, MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed
Workforce, First Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco,
GP Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial, All
Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James Stevedoring
Partners, LLC, Gregory, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of alumina, 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 Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter Electric,
MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce, First
Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial,
All Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James
Stevedoring Partners, LLC, Gregory, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 21, 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 1st day of June 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,611
SHERWIN ALUMINA COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CCC GROUP, MCWHORTER
ELECTRIC, MMR CONSTRUCTORS, INC., DOLS MANAGED WORKFORCE,
FIRST INSTRUMENT SOLUTIONS, T. PARKER HOST, REXCO, GP
STRATEGIES, JM DAVIDSON, PALACIOS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL, ALL
SPECIALTY, LK JORDAN, STROM, AND ST. JAMES STEVEDORING
PARTNERS, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH HOST TERMINALS
GREGORY, TEXAS
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 June 1, 2016, applicable to workers of
Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas. The Department’s
notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
June 28, 2016 (81 FR 41997).
At the request of State Workforce Office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
alumina.
New information shows that workers separated from
employment at Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas had
their wages reported through a separate unemployment insurance
(UI) tax account under the name Host Terminals. Host Terminals
is a separate entity owned by T. Parker Host.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
customer imports of alumina.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-91,611 is hereby issued as
follows:
"All workers of Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter Electric,
MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce, First
Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial,
All Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James
Stevedoring Partners, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through Host
Terminals, Gregory, Texas who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 21, 2015
through June 1, 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.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 12th day of July, 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
__________________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-91,611
SHERWIN ALUMINA COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CCC GROUP, MCWHORTER
ELECTRIC, MMR CONSTRUCTORS, INC., DOLS MANAGED WORKFORCE,
FIRST INSTRUMENT SOLUTIONS, T PARKER HOST, REXCO, GP
STRATEGIES, JM DAVIDSON, PALACIOS MARINE & INDUSTRIAL, ALL
SPECIALTY, LK JORDAN, STROM, AND ST. JAMES STEVEDORING
PARTNERS, LLC
GREGORY, TEXAS
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 March 22, 2016 by a union official (United
Steelworkers Local 235A) on behalf of workers of Sherwin
Alumina Company, LLC, Gregory, Texas, hereafter referred to as
“Sherwin Alumina”. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of alumina. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter
Electric, MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce,
First Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial, All
Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James Stevedoring
Partners, LLC. Workers are not separately identifiable by the
article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and from a WARN Notice.
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 alumina by Sherwin Alumina have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Sherwin Alumina 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
Sherwin Alumina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sherwin Alumina
Company, LLC, including on-site leased workers from CCC Group,
McWhorter Electric, MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed
Workforce, First Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco,
GP Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial, All
Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James Stevedoring
Partners, LLC, Gregory, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of alumina, 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 Sherwin Alumina Company, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from CCC Group, McWhorter Electric,
MMR Constructors, Inc., DOLS Managed Workforce, First
Instrument Solutions, T Parker Host, Rexco, GP
Strategies, JM Davidson, Palacios Marine & Industrial,
All Specialty, LK Jordan, Strom, and St. James
Stevedoring Partners, LLC, Gregory, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 21, 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 1st day of June 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance