DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,578

TMCO, INC.
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

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 27, 2017, by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of TMCO, Inc., including onsite leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Lincoln,
Nebraska (subject firm). The workers' firm and subject worker
group are engaged in activities related to the production of
natural gas containers and harvesting combine grain tanks.
Workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the firm's customer(s), and
public sources.
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 by the subject firm have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the subject firm 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 the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TMCO, Inc., who are
engaged in activities related to the production of natural gas
containers and harvesting combine grain tanks, 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 TMCO, Inc., including onsite leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Lincoln,
Nebraska, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 26, 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 7th day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance