DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,377

MODERN TOOL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ATLAS STAFFING, INC. AND PLATINUM STAFFING GROUP, INC.
COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA


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 November 14, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Modern Tool, Inc., Coon Rapids,
Minnesota (Modern Tool). Modern Tool is engaged in activities
related to the production of make-to-print metal fabricated
components used in industrial, agricultural, and commercial
products. Workers are not separately identifiable by article
produced. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Atlas Staffing, Inc. and Platinum Staffing Group, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the subject
firm's major declining customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Modern Tool 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 Modern Tool
sales and/or production has decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Modern Tool have 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 declines at Modern Tool.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Modern Tool, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of make-to-print
metal fabricated components, 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 Modern Tool, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Atlas Staffing, Inc. and Platinum Staffing
Group, Inc., Coon Rapids, Minnesota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 13,
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 5th day of March 2020.

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