DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,613

HAWKINS ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS, LLC
SOLAR SEAL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
STAFFORD, VIRGINIA

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 March 13, 2019 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Hawkins Architectural Products, LLC, Solar Seal
Division, Stafford, Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of architectural window
units. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals. Workers are not
separately identifiable by the article.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and customers of the 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 architectural window units by Hawkins
Architectural Products, LLC, Solar Seal Division, Stafford,
Virginia have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Hawkins Architectural Products, LLC,
Solar Seal Division, Stafford, Virginia 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
Hawkins Architectural Products, LLC, Solar Seal Division,
Stafford, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hawkins Architectural
Products, LLC, Solar Seal Division, Stafford, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of architectural
window units, 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 Hawkins Architectural Products, LLC, Solar
Seal Division, including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, Stafford, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 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 8th day of August 2019.

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