DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,699

MUSTANG SURVIVAL MANUFACTURING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MUSTANG SURVIVAL HOLDINGS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
SPENCER, WEST VIRGINIA

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 March 7, 2017 on behalf of workers of Mustang Survival
Manufacturing, Inc., Spencer, West Virginia (subject firm). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of dry suits, anti-gravity suits, dry suit repair kits, water
rescue kits, personal flotation devices, and related accessories
(lifesaving apparel and gear). Workers are not separately
identifiable by the article produced. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
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 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 sales and/or
production at the subject firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the lifesaving
apparel and gear produced by the subject firm have increased
during the relevant period when compared to the representative
base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Mustang
Survival Manufacturing, Inc., Spencer, West Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of lifesaving
apparel and gear, 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 Mustang Survival Manufacturing, Inc., a
subsidiary of Mustang Survival Holdings, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Manpower, Spencer, West
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 3, 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 21st day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance