DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,045

TMCI HOLDINGS INC.
THE SOLE OWNER OF R.A.B. FOOD GROUP
D/B/A THE MANISCHEWITZ COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFF MANAGEMENT GROUP
AND IRG
NEWARK, 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;
(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 July 28, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of TMCI Holdings Inc., the sole owner of R.A.B. Food
Group d/b/a The Manischewitz Company, Newark, New Jersey,
hereafter referred to as "TMCI Holdings". The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of kosher food
products for consumer and industrial use. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Staff Management
Group and IRG. Workers are not separately identifiable by
article.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at TMCI
Holdings.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TMCI Holdings Inc.,
the sole owner of R.A.B. Food Group d/b/a The Manischewitz
Company, including on-site leased workers from Staff
Management Group and IRG, Newark, New Jersey, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of kosher food products
for consumer and industrial use, 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 TMCI Holdings Inc., the sole owner of
R.A.B. Food Group d/b/a The Manischewitz Company,
including on-site leased workers from Staff Management
Group and IRG, Newark, New Jersey, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 27,
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 14th day of August 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance