DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,114

NEWELL BRANDS
CONSUMER SERVICES TEAM
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM UNITED PERSONNEL
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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 August 23, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Newell Brands, Consumer Services Team, South
Deerfield, Massachusetts. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of consumer service operations.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
United Personnel.
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 services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Newell
Brands, Consumer Services Team, South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Newell Brands, Consumer
Services Team, including on-site leased workers from United
Personnel, South Deerfield, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of consumer service operations
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 Newell Brands, Consumer Services Team,
including on-site leased workers from United Personnel,
South Deerfield, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 22,
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 26th day of September 2019.

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