DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,739

VIRCO MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFMARK, TEC, ASAP, AND PREMIER
CONWAY, 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;
(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 26, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Virco Manufacturing Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Staffmark, TEC, ASAP, and Premier,
Conway, Arkansas (Virco). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of education and office
furniture.
During the course of the investigation, information was
obtained from the petition, the workers' firm, and public
sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Virco 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the education and
office furniture produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Virco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Virco, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of education and
office furniture, 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 Virco Manufacturing Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Staffmark, TEC, ASAP, and
Premier, Conway, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 25, 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 10th day of April 2020.

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