DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,869

CONGOLEUM CORPORATION
PLANT 2
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY

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 May 5, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Congoleum Corporation, Plant 2, Trenton, New Jersey
("Congoleum Corporation").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of tile flooring.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 the sales
and/or production of tile flooring produced by Congoleum
Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Congoleum Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Congoleum Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Congoleum
Corporation, Plant 2, Trenton, New Jersey, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of tile flooring 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 Congoleum Corporation, Plant 2, Trenton,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 4, 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 22nd day of June 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance