DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,142

GM NAMEPLATE, INC.
WASHINGTON DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACCOUNT TEMPS ROBERT HALF, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPALS, EXPERIS
MANPOWER, OFFICE TEAM, TERRA SERVICES, THE CREATIVE GROUP, AND
VOLT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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 September 14, 2017 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of GM Nameplate, Inc., Washington division,
Seattle, Washington ("GM Nameplate, Inc."). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of
nameplates, labels, die cuts, medical devices, industrial
controls, electronic user interfaces, touch screens, and
electronic components ("articles"). The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Account Temps Robert Half,
Accounting Principals, Experis Manpower, Office Team, Terra
Services, The Creative Group, and Volt Management Corporation
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from GM Nameplate, Inc., the petitioner, and GM
Nameplate, Inc.'s major declining customer(s).
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 articles by GM Nameplate, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by GM Nameplate, Inc. 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 GM
Nameplate, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GM Nameplate, Inc.,
Washington division, including on-site leased workers from
Account Temps Robert Half, Accounting Principals, Experis
Manpower, Office Team, Terra Services, The Creative Group, and
Volt Management Corporation, Seattle, Washington, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of nameplates,
labels, die cuts, medical devices, industrial controls,
electronic user interfaces, touch screens, and electronic
components 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 GM Nameplate, Inc., Washington division,
including on-site leased workers from Account Temps Robert
Half, Accounting Principals, Experis Manpower, Office
Team, Terra Services, The Creative Group, and Volt
Management Corporation, Seattle, Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 13, 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 21st day of December 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance