DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,332

BARBER STEEL FOUNDRY CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIRY OF WABTEC CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WORKBOX STAFFING LLC AND FAST TRACK STAFFING INC.
ROTHBURY, MICHIGAN

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 October 29, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Barber Steel Foundry
Corporation, a subsidiary of Wabtec Corporation, Rothbury,
Michigan (Barber Steel Foundry Corporation-Rothbury). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of steel casting undercarriage units for freight train cars and
steel castings for other applications (steel castings).
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Workbox Staffing LLC and Fast Track Staffing Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Barber Steel Foundry
Corporation-Rothbury 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 the production
of articles like or directly competitive with the steel castings
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Barber Steel Foundry Corporation-
Rothbury.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Barber Steel Foundry
Corporation-Rothbury, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of steel castings, 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 Barber Steel Foundry Corporation, a
subsidiary of Wabtec Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Workbox Staffing LLC and Fast Track
Staffing Inc., Rothbury, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 28,
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 15th day of January 2020.

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