DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,791

ABB, INC.
POWER GRIDS TRANSFORMERS (PGTR) DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ABB CARY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PONTOON SOLUTIONS,
SECURITAS USA, AND AMERISTAFF EMPLOYMENT & STAFFING SOLUTIONS
SOUTH BOSTON, 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 May 9, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of ABB, Inc., Power Grids Transformers (PGTR) division,
a subsidiary of ABB Cary, including on-site leased workers
from Pontoon Solutions, Securitas USA, and AmeriStaff
Employment & Staffing Solutions, South Boston, Virginia ("ABB,
Inc., South Boston, Virginia"). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of small and large
distribution transformers, traction transformers, and power
transformers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' 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 for distribution, traction, and power
transformers by ABB, Inc., South Boston, Virginia have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by ABB, Inc., South Boston, 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 ABB,
Inc., South Boston, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ABB, Inc., Power
Grids Transformers (PGTR) division, a subsidiary of ABB Cary,
including on-site leased workers from Pontoon Solutions,
Securitas USA, and AmeriStaff Employment & Staffing Solutions,
South Boston, Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of distribution, traction, and power
transformers, 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 ABB, Inc., Power Grids Transformers (PGTR)
division, a subsidiary of ABB Cary, including on-site
leased workers from Pontoon Solutions, Securitas USA, and
AmeriStaff Employment & Staffing Solutions, South Boston,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 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 23rd day of July 2019.

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