DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,520

CASTELLI AMERICA LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CASTELLI AMERICAN GROUP, INC.
INCLDUING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
ASHVILLE, NEW YORK


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 31, 2019 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers and former workers of Castelli America LLC, a
subsidiary of Castelli American Group, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Ashville, New York (Castelli-
Ashville, New York). Workers of Castelli-Ashville, New York were
engaged in activities related to the production of soft cheeses,
such as mozzarella, prior to its permanent closure in December
2019. The subject firm's parent company is located in a foreign
country.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and other
sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Castelli-Ashville, New
York 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the soft cheeses produced by
the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Castelli-Ashville, New York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Castelli-Ashville, New
York, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
soft cheeses, 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 Castelli America LLC, a subsidiary of
Castelli American Group, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Adecco, Ashville, New York, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
23, 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 6th day of October 2020.

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