DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,862

BREG, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND STRIDE STAFFING SOLUTIONS
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS

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 May 31, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Breg, Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas ("Breg, Inc.").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of component parts for orthopedic devices including
injection molding, metal stamped, laser, foam, and velcro
parts. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Aerotek and Stride Staffing Solutions.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Breg,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Breg, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Stride Staffing
Solutions, Grand Prairie, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of component parts for orthopedic
devices including injection molding, metal stamped, laser,
foam, and velcro parts 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 Breg, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek and Stride Staffing Solutions, Grand
Prairie, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 23, 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 3rd day of July 2019.

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