DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,687

CONSOLIDATED METCO
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
ETOWAH, TENNESSEE


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 April 4, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Consolidated Metco, Etowah, Tennessee (herein
referred to as "Consolidated Metco"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of class 8 brake
drums. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Express Employment. Workers are not separately identifiable
by the article produced.
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 shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the class 8 brake
drums produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Consolidated Metco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Consolidated Metco,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of class
8 brake drums, 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 Consolidated Metco, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment, Etowah, Tennessee,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 3, 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 25th day of June 2019.

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