DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,249

VESUVIUS USA
FLOW CONTROL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RESOURCE MANUFACTURING, EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND
STAFFQUICK COMPANY
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS

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 26, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vesuvius USA, Flow Control Division, Charleston,
Illinois (herein known as "Vesuvius USA" or "workers' firm").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of ceramic refractory products used by steel mills
to control the flow of liquid steel. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Resource Manufacturing,
Express Professionals, and StaffQuick Company.
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 the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Vesuvius USA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vesuvius USA, Flow
Control Division, including on-site leased workers from
Resource Manufacturing, Express Employment Professionals, and
StaffQuick Company, Charleston, Illinois, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of ceramic refractory
products used by steel mills to control the flow of liquid
steel 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 Vesuvius USA, Flow Control Division,
including on-site leased workers from Resource
Manufacturing, Express Employment Professionals, and
StaffQuick Company, Charleston, Illinois, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 24, 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