DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,589

DUCOMMUN INC.
STRUCTURES SOLUTIONS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS PENMAC STAFFING, CONTRACT
ENGINEERING SERVICE, AND PMG
PARSONS, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly to
another firm component parts for articles, or services used in the
production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case
may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility
under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of
workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 23, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Ducommun Inc., Structures
Solutions Group, Parsons, Kansas (Ducommun-Structures Solutions
Group). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of aircraft parts. The subject worker group
(Ducommun-Structures Solutions Group) includes on-site leased
workers from Penmac Staffing, Contract Engineering Service, and
PMG.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Ducommun-Structures Solutions
Group have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Ducommun-Structures
Solutions Group is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related
to the article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the parts produced
for the afore-referenced firm accounted for at least 20 percent
of Ducommun-Structures Solutions Group production and/or sales.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ducommun-Structures
Solutions Group, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aircraft parts, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Ducommun Inc., Structures Solutions Group,
including on-site leased workers from Penmac Staffing,
Contract Engineering Service, and PMG, Parsons, Kansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 22, 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 27th day of February 2020.

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