DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,714

TBMC
MEGADYNE AMERICA
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THRU
JASON INDUSTRIAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PRIDESTAFF, CROWN SERVICES, AND
SC VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 10, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of TBMC, a part of Megadyne America, including workers
whose wages were reported thru Jason Industrial, Greenville,
South Carolina (herein referred to as "TBMC"). The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Pridestaff,
Crown Services, and SC Vocational Rehabilitation. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
timing belts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner/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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at TBMC.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TBMC, a part of
Megadyne America, including workers whose wages were reported
thru Jason Industrial, including on-site leased workers from
Pridestaff, Crown Services, and SC Vocational Rehabilitation,
Greenville, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of timing belts 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 TBMC, a part of Megadyne America,
including workers whose wages were reported thru Jason
Industrial, including on-site leased workers from
Pridestaff, Crown Services, and SC Vocational
Rehabilitation, Greenville, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 9, 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 11th day of April 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance