DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,894

PENSMORE REINFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WORKBOX STAFFING
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

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 June 15, 2018 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Pensmore Reinforcement Technologies, LLC, Ann
Arbor, Michigan (collectively referred to as "PRT"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of twisted steel wire used for reinforcing concrete. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Workbox Staffing. Workers are not separately identifiable by
article.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at PRT.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pensmore
Reinforcement Technologies, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Workbox Staffing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of twisted steel
wire for reinforcing concrete, 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 Pensmore Reinforcement Technologies, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Workbox Staffing, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 27th day of June 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance