DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,122

MANITOWOC FSG OPERATIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE, INC.
SELLERSBURG, INDIANA

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 August 18, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Manitowoc FSG Operations, a subsidiary of Manitowoc
Foodservice, Inc., Sellersburg, Indiana (Manitowoc FSG
Operations). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of ice and beverage dispensers. Workers are
not separately identifiable by article produced. The subject
worker group does not included on-site leased workers.
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 Manitowoc FSG Operations
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 dispensers
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Manitowoc FSG Operations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manitowoc FSG
Operations, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of ice and beverage dispensers, 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, a subsidiary of
Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc., Sellersburg, Indiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 18, 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 6th day of December, 2016

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