DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,169

PREMIER PROCESSING LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CADENCE AEROSPACE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM THE ARNOLD GROUP, SUMMIT
EMPLOYMENT, AND APPRENTICE PERSONNEL
WICHITA, KANSAS


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), can be
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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more component
parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated have
increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 1, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Premier Processing LLC, a
subsidiary of Cadence Aerospace, including on-site leased workers
from The Arnold Group, Summit Employment, and Apprentice
Personnel, Wichita, Kansas (Premier). Premier is engaged in
activities related to the production of aerospace parts.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, the workers'
firm's declining customer(s), and other sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Premier have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because Premier sales
and/or production have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
aerospace structures directly incorporating the aerospace parts
produced by Premier have increased during the relevant period when
compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Premier.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Premier, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of aerospace
parts, 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 Premier Processing LLC, a subsidiary of
Cadence Aerospace, including on-site leased workers from The
Arnold Group, Summit Employment, and Apprentice Personnel,
Wichita, Kansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 31, 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 27th day of November 2020.

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