DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,584

NORMA MICHIGAN INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORMA PENNSYLVANIA INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
QUALIFIED STAFFING, CRAIG ASSEMBLY, AND IMPACT STAFFING
AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN


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 January 22, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of NORMA Michigan Inc., a subsidiary
of NORMA Pennsylvania Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Qualified Staffing, Craig Assembly, and Impact Staffing,
Auburn Hills, Michigan (NORMA Michigan). Workers of NORMA
Michigan are engaged in activities related to the production of
metal clamps. The petition alleges worker separations at NORMA
Michigan are due to a shift of production to a foreign country.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in NORMA Michigan 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 a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the metal clamps produced by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at NORMA Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NORMA Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the production metal clamps, 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 NORMA Michigan Inc., a subsidiary of NORMA
Pennsylvania Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Qualified Staffing, Craig Assembly, and Impact Staffing,
Auburn Hills, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 21, 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 20th day of November 2020.

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