DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,531

PARK OHIO PRODUCTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MINUTE MEN STAFFING
SERVICES, RESOURCEMFG, AND CHAMPION FLEXIBLE TALENT
CLEVELAND, OHIO


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 February 11, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Park Ohio Products, Inc.,
Cleveland, Ohio (Park Ohio Products-Cleveland). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of rubber
molding injection parts. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Minute Men Staffing Services,
ResourceMFG, and Champion Flexible Talent Acquisition. Workers
are not separately identifiable by the article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Park Ohio Products-Cleveland 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 partially shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Park Ohio Products-Cleveland.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Park Ohio Products,
Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of rubber molding injection parts, 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 Park Ohio Products, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Minute Men Staffing Services,
ResourceMFG, and Champion Flexible Talent Acquisition,
Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 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 7th day of May 2019.

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