DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,497

METALOR TECHNOLOGIES USA

ELECTROTECHNICS DIVISION

EXPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 December 19, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Metalor Technologies USA, Electrotechnics
Division, Export, Pennsylvania (Metalor Technologies USA).
The firm produced silver and copper-based electrical contacts.
The subject worker group supplied maintenance and cleaning
services.

The worker group was previously certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on September 10, 2017 (TA-W-93,067),
which expired on September 10, 2019.

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 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of silver
and copper-based electrical contacts which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Metalor
Technologies USA.



Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metalor Technologies
USA, Electrotechnics Division, Export, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of maintenance and
cleaning services 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 Metalor Technologies USA, Electrotechnics
Division, Export, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
11, 2019, 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 19th day of January, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance