DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,967

PRIME ELECTRIC MOTORS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BONNEY STAFFING
GORHAM, MAINE

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 28, 2016, by the state workforce office on behalf
of one worker of Prime Electric Motors, Inc., working on a
client site in Madison, Maine. During the investigation, the
Department determined that the correct worker group consists of
workers of Prime Electric Motors, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Bonney Staffing, Gorham, Maine (Prime Electric
Motors). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the supply of services for repairs of electric motors and hydro-
electric generators.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the worker on whose behalf the
petition was filed, the workers' firm, the subject firm's major
declining customer(s), and public sources.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Prime Electric
Motors is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Prime Electric Motors with the afore-mentioned
firm contributed importantly to worker separations at Prime
Electric Motors.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prime Electric
Motors, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
repair services of electric motors and hydro-electric
generators, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:

"All workers of Prime Electric Motors, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Bonney Staffing, Gorham, Maine,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 27, 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 2nd day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance