DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,583

METAL BOX INTERNATIONAL, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM INDUSTRIAL STAFFING
FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 22, 2020 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Metal Box International, LLC, Franklin
Park, Illinois (Metal Box-Franklin Park). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of metal tool
boxes and vertical metal file cabinets. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Industrial Staffing.
Workers of Metal Box-Franklin Park were eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under an earlier
certification (TA-W-94,273; expired on January 22, 2019).
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of Metal
Box-Franklin Park. That firm was publicly identified by name
by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on December 6, 2019, which is within
one year of the date of the petition filed requesting TAA
certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metal Box-Franklin
Park, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
vertical metal file cabinets, meet the requirements of Section
222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Metal Box International, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Industrial Staffing, Franklin
Park, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from that employment on or after January 23, 2019 through
December 6, 2020, 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 1st day of July 2020.

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