DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,023

AJ OSTER, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBAL BRASS & COPPER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MONROE STAFFING AND RANDSTAD
WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND

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 July 31, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of AJ Oster, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Brass &
Copper, Warwick, Rhode Island. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of copper and brass sheet
and strip metal products for use in electronic components,
stampings, and connectors. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Monroe Staffing and Randstad.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of copper and brass sheet and strip metal
products for use in electronic components, stampings, and
connectors by AJ Oster, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Brass &
Copper, Warwick, Rhode Island have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by AJ Oster, LLC, a subsidiary of Global
Brass & Copper, Warwick, Rhode Island have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at AJ
Oster, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Brass & Copper, Warwick,
Rhode Island.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AJ Oster, LLC, a
subsidiary of Global Brass & Copper, including on-site leased
workers from Monroe Staffing and Randstad, Warwick, Rhode
Island, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of copper and brass sheet and strip metal products 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 AJ Oster, LLC, a subsidiary of Global
Brass & Copper, including on-site leased workers from
Monroe Staffing and Randstad, Warwick, Rhode Island, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 30, 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 10th day of October 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance