DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,740

ASSOCIATED SPRING, A BUSINESS OF BARNES GROUP INC.
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
FIRST CHOICE STAFFING, REMEDY INTELLIGENT STAFFING,
VACO BRIDGEWTER LLC, AEROTEK STAFFING INC.,
AND ACCOUNTEMPS
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

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 19, 2019 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers of Associated Spring, a Business of Barnes Group Inc.,
Syracuse, New York Division, Syracuse, New York (Associated
Spring-Syracuse, New York). Workers at Associated Spring-
Syracuse, New York are engaged in activities related to the
production of transmissions, fuel systems, and engines. Workers
are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
First Choice Staffing, Remedy Intelligent Staffing, Vaco
Bridgewater LLC, Aerotek Staffing Inc., and Accountemps.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Associated Spring-Syracuse, New
York 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 transmissions, fuel systems,
and engines produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Associated Spring-
Syracuse, New York.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Associated Spring-
Syracuse, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of transmissions, fuel systems, and engines, 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 Associated Spring, a Business of Barnes
Group Inc., Syracuse, New York Division, including on-site
leased workers from First Choice Staffing, Remedy
Intelligent Staffing, Vaco Bridgewater LLC, Aerotek
Staffing Inc., and Accountemps, Syracuse, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 18, 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 May 2019.

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