DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,742

PANASONIC APPLIANCES COMPANY OF AMERICA
A SUBSIDIARY OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 20, 2017 on behalf of workers of Panasonic
Appliances Company of America, a subsidiary of Panasonic
Corporation of North America, Danville, Kentucky. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
design, development and quality control of vacuum cleaner
products, warehouse and distribution of after-market parts and
distribution of finished goods, and administrative functions.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and customers.
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 of design, development and quality control of
vacuum cleaner products, warehouse and distribution of after-
market parts and distribution of finished goods, and
administrative functions by Panasonic Appliances Company of
America, a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North
America, Danville, Kentucky have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Panasonic Appliances Company of America, a
subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America,
Danville, Kentucky have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Panasonic Appliances Company of America, a subsidiary of
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Danville, Kentucky.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Panasonic Appliances
Company of America, a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of
North America, Danville, Kentucky, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of design, development and
quality control of vacuum cleaner products, warehouse and
distribution of after-market parts and distribution of finished
goods, and administrative functions 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 Panasonic Appliances Company of America, a
subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation of North America,
Danville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 18, 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 3rd day of August 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance