DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,498

RAM TOOL COMPANY, INC.
CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as an adversely affected
secondary group.
An investigation was conducted in order to determine whether
the petitioning group of workers qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers as suppliers to a firm or subdivision primarily
affected by increased imports or a shift of production abroad.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the following group eligibility requirements under Section 222(b)
must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or
downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who received a certification
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance
benefits and such supply or production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either-

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated on January 7, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Ram Tool
Company, Inc., Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
spare tooling for mold and dies used to manufacture connectors.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) is not been
met.
The petitioners allege that job losses were due to their firm
losing business as a supplier of spare tooling for mold and dies
to a firm that shifted production abroad or was affected by
increased imports.
The investigation revealed that workers at the primary firm
producing connectors were certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
The investigation further revealed that spare tooling is not
a component of connectors.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine workers of Ram Tool
Company, Inc., Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of March 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance