DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,705

NONMETALLIC MACHINING & ASSEMBLY
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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 6, 2018, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Nonmetallic Machining & Assembly, Erie, Pennsylvania
(Nonmetallic Machining & Assembly). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of thermoset
and thermoplastic machined parts for the firm's major customer,
General Electric Company, Transportation Division, Erie,
Pennsylvania.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Nonmetallic
Machining & Assembly is a Supplier to a firm that employed a
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply is related to the finished article that was the basis for
such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the thermoset and
thermoplastic machined parts produced by Nonmetallic Machining &
Assembly for a firm that employed a certified worker group
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Nonmetallic Machining & Assembly.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nonmetallic Machining
& Assembly, Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of thermoset and thermoplastic
machined parts, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Nonmetallic Machining & Assembly, Erie,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 4, 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 9th day of May 2018.

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