DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,572

IMPERIAL PLASTICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
MANKATO, MINNESOTA

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 January 26, 2017 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Imperial Plastics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment, Mankato, Minnesota
(Imperial Plastics). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of mobile phone cases.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the firm's
major declining customer(s).
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 at Imperial Plastics have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Imperial Plastics have increased during
the relevant period when compared to the representative base
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Imperial Plastics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Imperial Plastics,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
mobile phone cases, 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 Imperial Plastics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment, Mankato,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 25, 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 6th day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance