DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,764

ROSS MOULD LLC
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 29, 2019 by a union official from the United
Steelworkers of America on behalf of the workers of Ross Mould
LLC, Washington, Pennsylvania (hereafter referred as "Ross
Mould LLC"). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of mould equipment.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-92,732, which expired on May 16, 2019.
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 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ross Mould LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ross Mould LLC,
Washington, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of mould equipment, 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 Ross Mould LLC, Washington, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 17, 2019, 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 18th day of June 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance