DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,749

APTAR
A SUBSIDIARY OF APTARGROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT, INC.
TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT

TA-W-95,749A

APTAR
A SUBSIDIARY OF APTARGROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
NESCO RESOURCES, AJULIA EXECUTIVE SEARCH, ADECCO,
AEROTEK, AND MERIT STAFFING
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT


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 March 2, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
the workers of Aptar, a subsidiary of AptarGroup, including
on-site leased workers from Alternative Employment, Inc.,
Torrington, Connecticut (TA-W-95,749) and Aptar, a subsidiary
of AptarGroup, including on-site leased workers from Nesco
Resources, Ajulia Executive Search, Adecco, Aerotek, and Merit
Staffing, Stratford, Connecticut (TA-W-95,749A) (hereafter
referred as "Aptar").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of plastics molding and assembly.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(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 worker group
separations at Aptar.
Conclusion
After careful review of workers of Aptar, a subsidiary of
AptarGroup, including on-site leased workers from Alternative
Employment, Inc., Torrington, Connecticut (TA-W-95,749) and
Aptar, a subsidiary of AptarGroup, including on-site leased
workers from Nesco Resources, Ajulia Executive Search, Adecco,
Aerotek, and Merit Staffing, Stratford, Connecticut (TA-W-
95,749A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic moldings and assembly 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 Aptar, a subsidiary of AptarGroup,
including on-site leased workers from Alternative
Employment, Inc., Torrington, Connecticut (TA-W-95,749)
and Aptar, a subsidiary of AptarGroup, including on-site
leased workers from Nesco Resources, Ajulia Executive
Search, Adecco, Aerotek, and Merit Staffing, Stratford,
Connecticut (TA-W-95,749A) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 28, 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 24th day of July 2020.

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