DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-95,752


MANCHESTER TANK & EQUIPMENT COMPANY

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT

BEDFORD, INDIANA


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
workers of Manchester Tank & Equipment Company, Bedford, Indiana.
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of propane tanks. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Express Employment.

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 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 a portion of the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced by
the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Manchester Tank & Equipment Company, Bedford,
Indiana.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment, Bedford, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of propane tanks 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 Manchester Tank & Equipment Company,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment,
Bedford, Indiana, 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 23rd day of December, 2020





/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance