DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,694

UNIQUE-CHARDAN, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNIQUE FABRICATING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ELWOOD STAFFING, STAFFMARK, CAREER INTEGRATION INC., AND
AUTOMOTIVE QUALITY & LOGISTICS
BRYAN, OHIO

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 February 14, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Unique-Chardan, Inc., a subsidiary of
Unique Fabricating, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Elwood Staffing, Staffmark, Career Integration Inc., and
Automotive Quality & Logistics, Bryan, Ohio ("Unique-Chardan,
Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in the activities related
to the production of cross-link polyethylene molded foam
products for the automotive and medical industries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at Unique-Chardan, Inc., Bryan, Ohio.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unique-Chardan, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Unique Fabricating, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Elwood Staffing, Staffmark, Career
Integration Inc., and Automotive Quality & Logistics, Bryan,
Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
cross-link polyethylene molded foam products for the automotive
and medical industries, 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 Unique-Chardan, Inc., a subsidiary of
Unique Fabricating, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Elwood Staffing, Staffmark, Career
Integration Inc., and Automotive Quality & Logistics,
Bryan, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 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 26th day of March 2020.

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