Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 11/22/2003
Filed Date: 12/03/2004
Most Recent Update: 12/29/2004
Determination Date: 12/29/2004
Expiration Date: 12/29/2006
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,129
DIMENSIONS ACQUISTIONS, LLC
INKADINKADO DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM NEW ENGLAND WORK SERVICE
WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
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, 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.
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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 3, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Dimensions
Acquisitions, LLC, Inkadinkado Division, Woburn, Massachusetts.
The workers produce rubber stamps. The subject firm also leased on-
site workers from New England Work Service.
The investigation revealed declines in sales and employment at
the subject firm in January through November of 2004 compared to
the same period in 2003.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased its imports of rubber stamps during the period of January
through November 2004 when compared to the same period in 2003.
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 that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at each facility 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the rubber stamps produced by
Dimensions Acquisitions, LLC, Inkadinkado Division, including
leased workers from New England Work Service Woburn, Massachusetts
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 Dimensions Acquisitions, LLC, Inkadinkado
Division, and including leased workers from New England Work
Service, Woburn, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 29th day of December 2004
/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance