DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,055

THE SCOTT FETZER COMPANY D/B/A GINSU BRANDS
GINSU BRANDS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCE SERCVICES, INC.
AND STAFFMARK
WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS

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 August 10, 2018 on behalf of workers of The Scott
Fetzer Company d/b/a Ginsu Brands, Ginsu Brands Division,
Walnut Ridge, Arkansaa (Ginsu Brands). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of kitchen
cutlery and tools (including but not limited to filet knives,
knife sets, shears, honing rods, fishing products, Zipp
brushes, and sanders). Workers are not separately identifiable
by the article produced. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Advance Services, Inc. and Staffmark.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the cutlery and tools
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Ginsu Brands.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ginsu Brands, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of kitchen
cutlery and tools, 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 The Scott Fetzer Company d/b/a Ginsu
Brands, Ginsu Brands Division, including on-site leased
workers from Advance Services, Inc. and Staffmark, Walnut
Ridge, Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 9, 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 28th day of September 2018.

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