DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,431

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
OXFORD, NEW JERSEY

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.
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 August 12, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a state representative on behalf of workers
at American Manufacturing International, Inc., Oxford, New Jersey.
The workers at the subject facility produce chemicals.
The investigation revealed that American Manufacturing
International, Inc., Oxford, New Jersey supplies component parts
for the dyeing, finishing, and printing of textiles and a loss of
business with a manufacturer (whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the
workers separation or threat of separation.
In addition, 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 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 American Manufacturing
International, Inc., Oxford, New Jersey 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 American Manufacturing International, Inc.,
Oxford, New Jersey who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 11, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of August, 2004.


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