DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

A.R.E. MANUFACTURING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, ELWOOD STAFFING SERVICES,
INC., AND PERSONNEL SOURCE, INC.
NEWBERG, OREGON

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 9, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., Newberg, Oregon
("A.R.E."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of metal and plastic components to our
customer's blueprints and specifications per customer purchase
order. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Elwood Staffing Services,
Inc., and Personnel Source, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of metal and plastic components by A.R.E.
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer(s)
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced A.R.E. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
A.R.E.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A.R.E. Manufacturing,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., and Personnel
Source, Inc., Newberg, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of metal and plastic components to our
customer's blueprints and specifications per customer purchase
order 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 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., and
Personnel Source, Inc., Newberg, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 8, 2018, 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 12th day of September 2019.

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