DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,377

BAKER MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM SPHERION STAFFING
PINEVILLE, LOUSIANA

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 December 4, 2018 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Baker Manufacturing Co., Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Spherion Staffing, Pineville, Louisiana
(herein referred to as "Baker Manufacturing"). The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of height-
adjustable tables and accessories.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner/workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers 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 subject firm
has acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Baker
Manufacturing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baker Manufacturing
Co., Inc., including on-site leased workers from Spherion
Staffing, Pineville, Louisiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of height-adjustable tables and
accessories, 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 Baker Manufacturing Co., Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Spherion Staffing, Pineville,
Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 3, 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 February 2019.

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