DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,232

JD NORMAN INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
BROOKLYN, OHIO

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 the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of JD Norman Industries, Brooklyn, Ohio
(hereafter, referred to as "JD Norman"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of formed,
machined and cast metal components for the recreational,
industrial, and automotive industries. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals. 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 shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers of the subject firm which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at JD
Norman.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JD Norman Industries,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Brooklyn, Ohio, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of formed, machined and cast metal
components for the recreational, industrial, and automotive
industries, 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 JD Norman Industries, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Brooklyn, Ohio, 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 8th day of November 2017.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance