DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,736

HELMUTH TOOL & DIE T/A
HELMUTH INDUSTRIES
LINDEN, NEW JERSEY

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on October 5, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Helmuth Tool & Die T/A Helmuth Industries,
Linden, New Jersey. The workers at the subject firm formerly
produced plastic injection molds, point of purchase displays.
The investigation revealed that Helmuth Tool & Die T/A Helmuth
Industries, Linden, New Jersey does not produce an article within
the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being sought)
must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article and there must be a relationship between the workers' work
and the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The firm did not produce plastic injection molds,
point of purchase displays during 2003 or during the period of
January through September 2004. Furthermore, workers do not
support an affiliated firm or appropriate subdivision that produces
an article domestically and thus the worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production of
an article.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Helmuth Tool & Die
T/A Helmuth Industries, Linden, New Jersey are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of October 2004.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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