DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,378

RAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, LLC
ERIE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF INDUSTRIAL SERVICE SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MILLER BROTHER STAFFING
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 October 31, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of RAM Industrial Services, LLC, Erie Division, a
subsidiary of Industrial Service Solutions, including on-site
leased workers from Miller Brother Staffing, Erie,
Pennsylvania (herein known as "RAM Industrial Services, LLC").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of locomotive motor fans, components of cooling
fans, and repair services to various motors.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and the workers' firm.
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 RAM Industrial
Services, LLC 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)(A) has been met because the locomotive
motor fans, components of cooling fans, and repair services to
various motors produced/supplied by RAM Industrial Services,
LLC for a firm that employed a certified worker group
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of RAM Industrial Services, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RAM Industrial
Services, LLC, Erie Division, a subsidiary of Industrial
Service Solutions, including on-site leased workers from
Miller Brother Staffing, Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of locomotive motor fans,
components of cooling fans, and repair services to various
motors 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 RAM Industrial Services, LLC, Erie
Division, a subsidiary of Industrial Service Solutions,
including on-site leased workers from Miller Brother
Staffing, Erie, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 28,
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 16th day of December 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance