DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,405

GOLDEN STAR, INC.
ATCHISON, KANSAS

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 22, 2019 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Golden Star, Inc.,
Atchison, Kansas (Golden Star). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of hardware, mops, dusters,
and wet microfiber products. Workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced. The subject worker group
does not include on-site leased workers.
The petitioner alleges that increased imports have
contributed to worker separations at Golden Star.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm and the subject
firm's customer(s).
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Golden Star 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 Golden Star
sales and/or production has decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Golden Star 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 customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Golden Star.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Golden Star 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 Golden Star, Inc., Atchison, Kansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 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 5th day of June 2020.

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