DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,697

PLASTIC MOLDING TECHNOLOGY
SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 9, 2004 in response to
a petition filed by a state representative on behalf of workers at
Plastic Molding Technology, Seymour, Connecticut. The workers at
the subject facility produce plastic molded injection parts; they
are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that Plastic Molding Technology,
Seymour, Connecticut supplies plastic molded injection parts and at
least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied to a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Plastic Molding
Technology, Seymour, 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 Plastic Molding Technology, Seymour,
Connecticut who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 8, 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
I further determine that all workers of Plastic Molding
Technology, Seymour, Connecticut are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of May 2004.


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