DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,636

L.A. DARLING COMPANY
METAL DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MARMON GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PEOPLE SOURCE
PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 3, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of L.A. Darling Company, Metal division, a
subsidiary of The Marmon Group, Paragould, Arkansas (L.A.
Darling Company). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of retail metal store fixtures. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from People
Source.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of retail metal store fixtures by L.A.
Darling Company have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by L.A. Darling Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at L.A.
Darling Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of L.A. Darling Company,
Metal division, a subsidiary of The Marmon Group, including
on-site leased workers from People Source, Paragould,
Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of retail metal store fixtures 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 L.A. Darling Company, Metal division, a
subsidiary of The Marmon Group, including on-site leased
workers from People Source, Paragould, Arkansas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 31, 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 4th day of November 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance