DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,570

RICHMOND ASSEMBLY PLANT
MATTHEWS AURORA FUNERAL SOLUTIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING WORKERS REPORTING WAGES UNDER THE YORK GROUP, INC. AND
MILSO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER STAFFING, FIRST
CALL STAFFING, AND ADECCO
RICHMOND, INDIANA

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 28, 2019 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Richmond Assembly Plant, Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions
Division, Richmond, Indiana (Richmond Assembly Plant-Matthews
Aurora Funeral Solutions). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of metal and cremation
caskets. Workers are not separately identifiable by the article
produced. The subject worker group (Richmond Assembly Plant-
Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions) includes workers whose wages
are reported under The York Group, Inc. and Milso Industries
Corporation as well as on-site leased workers from Manpower
Staffing, First Call Staffing, and Adecco.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Richmond Assembly Plant-Matthews
Aurora Funeral Solutions 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 metal and cremation
caskets produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Richmond Assembly
Plant-Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Richmond Assembly
Plant-Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of metal and cremation
caskets, 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 Richmond Assembly Plant, Matthews Aurora
Funeral Solutions Division, including workers reporting
wages under The York Group, Inc. and Milso Industries
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Staffing, First Call Staffing, and Adecco, Richmond, Indiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 28, 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 24th day of May 2019.

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