DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,406

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
ST. HELENS CEILINGS PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CARDINAL SERVICES, INC. AND TERRA STAFFING GROUP
ST. HELENS, OREGON

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 January 8, 2018 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Armstrong World Industries, Inc., St. Helens
Ceilings Plant, including on-site leased workers from Cardinal
Services, Inc. and Terra Staffing Group, St. Helens, Oregon.
The subject worker group is engaged in activities related to the
production of mineral fiber ceiling board for commercial and
residential ceiling applications.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 Armstrong World Industries, Inc., St. Helens
Ceilings Plant, including on-site leased workers from Cardinal
Services, Inc. and Terra Staffing Group, St. Helens, Oregon.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Armstrong World
Industries, Inc., St. Helens Ceilings Plant, including on-site
leased workers from Cardinal Services, Inc. and Terra Staffing
Group, St. Helens, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of mineral fiber ceiling board for commercial
and residential ceiling applications 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 Armstrong World Industries, Inc., St.
Helens Ceilings Plant, including on-site leased workers
from Cardinal Services, Inc. and Terra Staffing Group, St.
Helens, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 5, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of June 2018.

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