DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-82,356

STOWE WOOODWARD, LLC
D/B/A MOUNT HOPE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AJILON PROFESSIONAL STAFFING
CHARLOTTE, 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 January 22, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Stowe Woodward, LLC, doing business as (d/b/a) Mount
Hope, including on-site leased workers from Ajilon Professional
Staffing, Charlotte, North Carolina (Stowe Woodward). The
subject firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of paper machine rolls.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Stowe Woodward 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 paper machine rolls
produced by the workers, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Stowe Woodward.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stowe Woodward, LLC,
d/b/a Mount Hope, Charlotte, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of paper machine rolls,
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 Stowe Woodward, LLC, d/b/a Mount Hope,
including on-site leased workers from Ajilon Professional
Staffing, Charlotte, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 18,
2012, 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 12th day of February, 2013


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