DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,278

BUSH INDUSTRIES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
ERIE FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-93,278A

CAREER CONCEPTS, EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND U.S.
SECURITY ASSOCIATES WORKING ON-SITE AT
BUSH INDUSTRIES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
ERIE FACILITY
ERIE, 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 November 5, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bush Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc., Erie Facility,
Erie, Pennsylvania (Bush-Erie). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of ready-to-assemble (RTA)
and assembled furniture, including warehousing and distribution
services. Workers of Bush Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Kelly Services, Erie
Facility, Erie, Pennsylvania are the subject of TA-W-93,278.
Workers of Career Concepts, Express Employment Professionals,
and U.S. Security Associates working on-site at Bush Industries
of Pennsylvania, Inc., Erie Facility, Erie, Pennsylvania are the
subject of TA-W-93,278A. Workers covered by TA-W-93,278 are
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-
90,036 (certification expired November 13, 2017).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Bush-Erie 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
subject firm which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Bush-Erie.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bush-Erie, who are
engaged in activated related to the production of 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 of Pennsylvania, Inc., Erie
Facility, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,278), 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, Express Employment
Professionals, and U.S. Security Associates, working on-
site at Bush Industries of Pennsylvania, Inc., Erie
Facility, Erie, Pennsylvania (TA-W-93,278A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 5, 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 5th day of December 2017.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance