DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,490

PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
COEUR d'ALENE FACILITY
AND LEASE WORKERS OF MANPOWER
POST FALLS, IDAHO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 7, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Phillips Plastics Corporation, Coeur d'Alene
Facility, Post Falls, Idaho. The workers are (were) engaged in
employment related to the production of injection-molded plastic
parts for cellular phones.


The investigation revealed that subject plant production and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
injection-molded plastic parts for cellular phones during 2001,
2002 and January through September 2003 over the corresponding
2002 period. The survey revealed that customers increased their
reliance on injection-molded plastic parts for cellular phone
imports during the relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the subject facility are
over age 50 and do not possess easily transferable skills.
Furthermore, competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.


Conclusion:
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with injection-molded plastic parts
for cellular phones products produced at Phillips Plastics
Corporation, Coeur d'Alene Facility, Post Falls, Idaho,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Phillips Plastics Corporation, Coeur d'Alene
Facility, Post Falls, Idaho, and leased workers of Manpower
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after November 5, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of December, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance