DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,231

BUSH INDUSTRIES, INC.
MASON DRIVE FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, KELLY SERVICES, AND
US SECURITY ASSOC.
JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK

TA-W-93,231A

CAREER CONCEPTS
WORKING ON-SITE AT
BUSH INDUSTRIES, INC.
MASON DRIVE FACILITY
JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK

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 October 17, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bush Industries, Inc., Mason Drive facility,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Kelly Services, Career Concepts, and US Security
Assoc., Jamestown, New York ("Bush Industries, Inc."). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of ready-to-assemble (RTA) and assembled furniture.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-W-
90,037 which expired on November 13, 2017. Workers from Career
Concepts were not named within the determination.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Bush Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bush Industries,
Inc., Mason Drive facility, including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Kelly Services, Career
Concepts, and US Security Assoc., Jamestown, New York, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of ready-to-
assemble (RTA) and assembled furniture 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 Bush Industries, Inc., Mason Drive
facility, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Kelly Services, and US Security
Assoc., Jamestown, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
14, 2017 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;
AND,
All workers of Career Concepts, working on-site at Bush
Industries, Inc., Mason Drive facility, Jamestown, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 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 24th day of November 2017.

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