DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,978

TRAMONTINA USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS

TA-W-94,978A

TRAMONTINA US COOKWARE, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TRAMONTINA USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP, IQ RESOURCE GROUP,
ABR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND QUALIFIED STAFFING
MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN

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 July 10, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tramontina USA, Inc., Sugar Land, Texas (TA-W-
94,978) and Tramontina US Cookware, Inc., a subsidiary of
Tramontina USA, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin (TA-W-94,978A)
("Tramontina"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of cookware vessels (stamped and
sprayed at the plant in Wisconsin, then shipped to Tramontina
USA/Texas for final assembly). The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Randstad (TA-W-94,978) and
on-site leased workers from QPS Employment Group, IQ Resource
Group, ABR Employment Services, and Qualified Staffing (TA-W-
94,978A).
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Tramontina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tramontina USA, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Randstad, Sugar Land,
Texas (TA-W-94,978) and Tramontina US Cookware, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Tramontina USA, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from QPS Employment Group, IQ Resource Group,
ABR Employment Services, and Qualified Staffing, Manitowoc,
Wisconsin (TA-W-94,978A) who are engaged in activities related
to the production of cookware vessels, 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 Tramontina USA, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, Sugar Land, Texas (TA-W-
94,978) and Tramontina US Cookware, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Tramontina USA, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from QPS Employment Group, IQ Resource
Group, ABR Employment Services, and Qualified Staffing,
Manitowoc, Wisconsin (TA-W-94,978A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 9,
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 19th day of September 2019.

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