DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,063

KAISER ALUMINUM CORPORATION
FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS DIVISION
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON

TA-W-96,063A

KAISER ALUTEK INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, LABOR FINDERS
(LF STAFFING), AND MANPOWER
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON


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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 16, 2020 by the United Steelworkers (USW), Local
338, on behalf of workers and former workers of Kaiser Aluminum
Corporation, Flat Rolled Products Division, Spokane Valley,
Washington (TA-W-96,063) and Kaiser Alutek Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek, Labor Finders (LF Staffing),
and Manpower, Spokane Valley, Washington (TA-W-
96,063A)(hereafter collectively referred to as "Kaiser-Spokane
Valley"). Workers of Kaiser-Spokane Valley are engaged in
activities related to the production of heat treated aluminum
plate and sheet products for various industries, including the
aerospace industry.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petition, the workers' firm, and
other sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Kaiser-Spokane Valley
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Kaiser-Spokane
Valley is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the component
parts produced for the afore-referenced firm accounted for at
least 20 percent of production or sales of Kaiser-Spokane
Valley.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kaiser-Spokane
Valley, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of heat treated aluminum plate and sheet products, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, Flat Rolled
Products Division, Spokane Valley, Washington (TA-W-
96,063) and Kaiser Alutek Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Labor Finders (LF Staffing), and
Manpower, Spokane Valley, Washington (TA-W-96,063A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 8, 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 5th day of August 2020.

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