DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,122

ALCOA INTALCO WORKS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ANOVAWORKS, PLLC, GCA SERVICES GROUP, LABCORP OCCUPATIONAL
TESTING SVCS, MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSOC. INC., MARKHAM
INVESTIGATION & PROTECTION, LAB SUPPORT, U.S. SECURITY ASSOC.
INC., PACIFIC SECURITY, GEOMETRIC RESULTS INC.
FERNDALE, 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(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 November 10, 2015 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 160, on behalf of workers
of Alcoa Intalco Works, Ferndale, Washington (Alcoa). The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of primary aluminum ingots. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from AnovaWorks, PLLC, GCA Services Group, Labcorp
Occupational Testing SVCS, Medical Laboratory Assoc. Inc.,
Markham Investigation & Protection, Lab Support, U.S. Security
Assoc. Inc., Pacific Security, and Geometric Results Inc.
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 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 a portion of the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the primary aluminum
ingots produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Alcoa.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alcoa Intalco Works,
Ferndale, Washington, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of primary aluminum ingots, 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 Alcoa Intalco Works, including on-site
leased works from AnovaWorks, PLLC, GCA Services Group,
Labcorp Occupational Testing SVCS, Medical Laboratory
Assoc. Inc., Markham Investigation & Protection, Lab
Support, U.S. Security Assoc. Inc., Pacific Security, and
Geometric Results Inc., Ferndale, Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 9, 2014 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 January, 2016


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