DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,081

MUELLER COPPER TUBE PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC.
WYNNE, ARKANSAS


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 August 16, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Mueller Copper Tube Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Inc., Wynne, Arkansas
(Mueller Copper Tube). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of copper tube and related
articles. The subject worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Mueller Copper Tube 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 Mueller
Copper Tube sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
copper tube produced by the subject workers increased during
the relevant period when compared to the representative base
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Mueller Copper
Tube.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mueller Copper Tube,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
copper tube, 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 Mueller Copper Tube Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Inc., Wynne, Arkansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 15, 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 August 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance