DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,417

PARTHENON METAL WORKS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF VARI-FORM GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WOOD PERSONNEL
LAVERNE, TENNESSEE

TA-W-94,417A

PARTHENON METAL WORKS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF VARI-FORM GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WOOD PERSONNEL
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 December 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Parthenon Metal Works, LLC, a subsidiary of
Vari-Form Group LLC, including on-site leased workers from Wood
Personnel, LaVerne, Tennessee (TA-W-94,417) and Parthenon Metal
Works, LLC, a subsidiary of Vari-Form Group LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Wood Personnel, Nashville, Tennessee
(TA-W-94,417A) (herein referred to as "Parthenon Metal Works,
LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of tubular steel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 Parthenon Metal Works, LLC
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 articles that were the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the tubular steel
produced by Parthenon Metal Works, LLC for a firm that
employed a certified worker group accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of Parthenon Metal Works,
LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parthenon Metal
Works, LLC, a subsidiary of Vari-Form Group LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Wood Personnel, LaVerne, Tennessee (TA-
W-94,417) and Parthenon Metal Works, LLC, a subsidiary of Vari-
Form Group LLC, including on-site leased workers from Wood
Personnel, Nashville, Tennessee (TA-W-94,417A), who are engaged
in activities related to the production of tubular steel 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 Parthenon Metal Works, LLC, a subsidiary of
Vari-Form Group LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Wood Personnel, LaVerne, Tennessee (TA-W-94,417) and
Parthenon Metal Works, LLC, a subsidiary of Vari-Form Group
LLC, including on-site leased workers from Wood Personnel,
Nashville, Tennessee (TA-W-94,417A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
19, 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 19th day of February 2019.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance