DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,727

DAREX, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
ASHLAND OREGON

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 25, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Darex, LLC, Ashland,
Oregon (Darex). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of sharpening equipment (consumer
drill bit, knife, and industrial drill bit sharpeners). The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Darex have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Darex.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Darex, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of sharpening
equipment, 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 Darex, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Ashland,
Oregon who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 24, 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 6th day of March 2020.

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