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TAW-91700  /  Manitowoc FSG Operations, LLC (Manitowoc, WI)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 05/22/2016
Filed Date: 04/14/2016
Most Recent Update: 08/11/2016
Determination Date: 08/11/2016
Expiration Date: 08/11/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,700

MANITOWOC FSG OPERATIONS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ABR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES,
AEROTEK, WATERSTONE GROUP, FLEX-STAFF, INC., AND KNM, LLC
MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN

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 April 14, 2016 by the International Association of
Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) on behalf of workers of
Manitowoc FSG Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of Manitowoc
Foodservice, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin. (Manitowoc FSG
Operations, LLC) The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of automated commercial ice machines.
Workers are not separately identifiable by articles produced. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from ABR
Employment Services, Aerotek, Waterstone Group, Flex-Staff,
Inc., and KNM, LLC. Workers of Manitowoc FSG Operations, LLC are
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under an
earlier certification (TA-W-85,238; expired on May 21, 2016).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(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 articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Manitowoc FSG Operations, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manitowoc FSG
Operations, LLC, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of automated commercial ice
machines, 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 Manitowoc FSG Operations, LLC, a subsidiary
of Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from ABR Employment Services, Aerotek, Waterstone
Group, Flex-Staff, Inc., and KNM, LLC, Manitowoc, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 22, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of August 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance