DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,077

ASARCO, LLC
HAYDEN SMELTER AND CONCENTRATOR
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFF MATTERS LLC AND TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS GROUP, LLC (TPG)
HAYDEN, ARIZONA

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 July 23, 2020 by a union official (United
SteelWorkers) on behalf of workers of ASARCO, LLC, Hayden
Smelter and Concentrator, Hayden, Arizona (ASARCO, LLC). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of sulfuric acid, anode copper and copper concentrate. The
worker group is not separately identifiable by product line. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Staff
Matters LLC and Technical Professionals Group, LLC (TPG).
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 the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by ASARCO, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ASARCO, LLC, Hayden
Smelter and Concentrator, including on-site leased workers
from Staff Matters LLC and Technical Professionals Group, LLC
(TPG), Hayden, Arizona, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of sulfuric acid, anode copper and copper
concentrate 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 ASARCO, LLC, Hayden Smelter and
Concentrator, including on-site leased workers from Staff
Matters LLC and Technical Professionals Group, LLC (TPG),
Hayden, Arizona, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 22, 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 2nd day of December 2020.

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