DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,977

MSSC US INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MITSUBISHI STEEL MANUFACTURING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LUTTRELL, STAFF EASY, AND WISE STAFFING
HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY


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 10, 2020 by a One Stop Operator/Partner on behalf
of workers and former workers of MSSC US Inc., a subsidiary of
Mitsubishi Steel Manufacturing, including on-site leased
workers from Luttrell, Staff Easy, and Wise Staffing,
Hopkinsville, Kentucky (MSSC US Inc.-Hopkinsville). Workers of
MSSC US Inc.-Hopkinsville are engaged in activities related to
the production of stabilizer bar and coil springs for the
automotive industry. The petition alleges a shift of production
to foreign countries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in MSSC US Inc.-Hopkinsville
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 stabilizer bar and
coil springs produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at MSSC US Inc.-
Hopkinsville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MSSC US Inc.-
Hopkinsville, who are engaged in activities related to the
production stabilizer bar and coil springs, 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 MSSC US Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi
Steel Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers
from Luttrell, Staff Easy, and Wise Staffing,
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 9, 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 20th day of November 2020.

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