DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,172

WIELAND COPPER PRODUCTS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ATWORK PERSONNEL
PINE HALL, NORTH CAROLINA


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 September 1, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Wieland Copper Products, LLC, Pine
Hall, North Carolina (Wieland Copper). Wieland Copper is engaged
in activities related to the production of seamless thin wall
copper tubes in straight length and coils. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from AtWork Personnel.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Wieland Copper 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 seamless thin wall copper tubes
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Wieland Copper.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wieland Copper, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of seamless thin
wall copper tubes, 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 Wieland Copper Products, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from AtWork Personnel, Pine Hall, North
Carolina, 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 6th day of November 2020.

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