DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,234

GBG USA INC.
SAMPLEMAKING AND PATTERNMAKING
A SUBSIDIARY OF GBG NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS CO. INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WIN-TEMP LLC
VERNON, CALIFORNIA

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 October 16, 2018, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of GBG USA Inc., Samplemaking and
Patternmaking, a subsidiary of GBG North America Holdings Co.
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Win-Temp LLC,
Vernon, California. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of branded apparel,
footwear, fashion accessories and other lifestyle products. The
subject workers produce samples and patterns of women's
apparel which supports the firm's overseas production of these
articles.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 and acquired from 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 GBG USA
Inc., Samplemaking and Patternmaking, a subsidiary of GBG
North America Holdings Co. Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Win-Temp LLC, Vernon, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GBG USA Inc.,
Samplemaking and Patternmaking, a subsidiary of GBG North
America Holdings Co. Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Win-Temp LLC, Vernon, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of samples and patterns of
women's apparel, 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 GBG USA Inc., Samplemaking and
Patternmaking, a subsidiary of GBG North America Holdings
Co. Inc., including on-site leased workers from Win-Temp
LLC, Vernon, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 12, 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 20th day of December 2018.

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