DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,067

METALOR TECHNOLOGIES USA
ELECTROTECHNICS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CAROL HARRIS STAFFING, SPHERION, PEOPLESHARE, AND
ROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
EXPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 August 9, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metalor Technologies USA, Eletrotechnics Division,
Export, Pennsylvania ("Metalor Technologies USA"). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of silver
and copper based electrical contacts. The workers are not
separately identifiable by article. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Carol Harris Staffing, Spherion,
PeopleShare, and Robert Half Management Resources.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm/petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers of Metalor Technologies USA
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the silver and copper based
electrical contacts produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Metalor
Technologies USA.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metalor Technologies
USA, Eletrotechnics Division, including on-site leased workers
from Carol Harris Staffing, Spherion, PeopleShare, and Robert
Half Management Resources, Export, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of silver and
copper based electrical contacts, 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 Metalor Technologies USA, Eletrotechnics
Division, including on-site leased workers from Carol
Harris Staffing, Spherion, PeopleShare, and Robert Half
Management Resources, Export, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 8, 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 10th day of September 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance