DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,967

MANCHESTER TANK & EQUIPMENT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
FORGE INDUSTRIAL STAFFING
ELKHART, 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 June 8, 2020 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Manchester Tank & Equipment
Company, including on-site leased workers from Forge
Industrial Staffing, Elkhart, Indiana (Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company). Workers of Manchester Tank & Equipment
Company are engaged in activities related to the production of
cylinder propane tanks. The worker groups are not separately
identifiable by article produced.
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 Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the cylinder propane
tanks produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manchester Tank &
Equipment Company, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cylinder 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 Forge Industrial
Staffing, Elkhart, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 5, 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 November 2020.

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