DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,685

ARMSTRONG FLOORING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AFFILIATED TEMPORARY HELP
SOUTH GATE, CALIFORNIA

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 13, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Armstrong Flooring, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Affiliated Temporary Help, South
Gate, California ("Armstrong Flooring, Inc."). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
peel and stick tile flooring for residential use and vinyl
composite tile for commercial use.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and 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 peel and stick tile flooring and vinyl
composite tile by Armstrong Flooring, Inc. have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Armstrong Flooring, Inc. 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
Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Armstrong Flooring,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Affiliated
Temporary Help, South Gate, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of peel and stick tile
flooring and vinyl composite tile, 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 Armstrong Flooring, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Affiliated Temporary Help, South
Gate, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 12, 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 30th day of June 2020.

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