DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,378

ESSILOR LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
D/B/A CROWN OPTICAL
A SUBSIDIARY OF ESSILOR LABORATORIES OF AMERICA HOLDING CO., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
COLONY PERSONNEL ASSOCIATES, INC. AND ACRO SERVICE CORPORATION
GREENVILLE, RHODE ISLAND


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 December 19, 2017 on behalf of workers of Essilor Laboratories
of America, Inc., D/B/A Crown Optical, a subsidiary Of Essilor
Laboratories of America Holding Co., Inc., Greenville, Rhode
Island (Essilor/Crown Optical). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of prescription eyewear. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Colony
Personnel Associates, Inc. and Acro Service Corporation.
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 Essilor/Crown Optical 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 at Essilor/Crown Optical have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company imports
of articles like or directly competitive with the prescription
eyewear produced by Essilor/Crown Optical have increased during the
relevant period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Essilor/Crown
Optical.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Essilor/Crown Optical,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
prescription eyewear, 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 Essilor Laboratories of America, Inc., D/B/A
Crown Optical, a subsidiary Of Essilor Laboratories of
America Holding Co., Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Colony Personnel Associates, Inc. and Acro Service
Corporation, Greenville, Rhode Island, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 18,
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 1th day of March 2018.

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