DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,576

ROGERS CORPORATION
ELASTOMER COMPONENTS DIVISION
SOUTH WINDHAM, CONNECTICUT

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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
The investigation was initiated on March 24, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by the State of Connecticut on
behalf of workers at the Rogers Corporation, Elastomer
Components Division, South Windham, Connecticut. The workers of
the subject firms produced elastomer components for electronics;
they are separately identifiable by function.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to firms that employed groups of
workers who received certifications of eligibility to apply for
trade adjustment assistance and the loss of business with these
firms contributed importantly to worker separations at the
subject firm.
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 both these cases that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rogers Corporation,
Elastomer Components Division, South Windham, Connecticut
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section
222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Rogers Corporation, Elastomer Components
Division, South Windham, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 22,
2003, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 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, as amended."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of May, 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance