DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,477

EAST COAST SEAFOOD LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS GARBO LOBSTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF EAST COAST SEAFOOD GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HW STAFFING AND EMPIRE STAFFING
GROTON, CONNECTICUT

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 state workforce office on behalf
of workers of East Coast Seafood LLC, doing business as Garbo
Lobster, a subsidiary of East Coast Seafood Group, including
on-site leased workers from HW Staffing and Empire Staffing,
Groton, Connecticut. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the supply of packaging and shipping services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, as well as the U.S.
International Trade Commission and the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 services like or directly
competitive with services provided by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of East Coast Seafood
LLC, doing business as Garbo Lobster, a subsidiary of East
Coast Seafood Group, including on-site leased workers from HW
Staffing and Empire Staffing, Groton, Connecticut who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of packaging and
shipping services 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 East Coast Seafood LLC, doing business as
Garbo Lobster, a subsidiary of East Coast Seafood Group,
including on-site leased workers from HW Staffing and
Empire Staffing, Groton, Connecticut, 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 6th day of February 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance