DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,216

NORTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LABOR READY
HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA

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 September 16, 2016 by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Norton Industries, Inc., Hayward,
California (Norton Industries). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of stainless steel hose
clamps. The workers are not separately identifiable by article
produced by the firm.
The subject worker group included on-site leased workers
from Labor Ready.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's major customer.
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 stainless steel hose clamps at Norton
Industries have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
stainless steel hose clamps produced by Norton Industries have
increased during the twelve month period prior to the petition
date when compared to the representative period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Norton
Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Norton Industries,
Inc., Hayward, California, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of stainless steel hose clamps, 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 Norton Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Labor Ready, Hayward, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 15, 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 November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance