DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,475

AMERICAN FASTENERS CO., LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BARON HR AND
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH HROI
JARUPA VALLEY, 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 January 23, 2019 by a one-stop operator partner on
behalf of workers and former workers of American Fasteners Co.,
Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Baron HR and
including workers whose wages were reported through HROI,
Jarupa Valley, California (AFC). Workers of AFC are engaged in
activities related to the production and distribution of various
sizes of high quality ICC certified plastic and paper collated
gun nails and related wire products used in the industries of
construction, recycling, agriculture, forestry, and mining.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the ICC certified
plastic and paper collated gun nails and related wire products
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at AFC.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AFC, who are engaged
in activities related to the production and distribution of ICC
certified plastic and paper collated gun nails and related wire
products, 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 American Fasteners Co., Ltd., including
on-site leased workers from Baron HR and including workers
whose wages were reported through HROI, Jarupa Valley,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 22, 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 3rd day of May 2019.

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