DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,874

HART & COOLEY
H&C - MILCOR
LIMA, OHIO

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 22, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers,
Local 778 on behalf of workers of Hart & Cooley - Milcor, A
division of Hart & Cooley, Inc., Lima, Ohio. The workers
manufacture access doors used by the heating and air conditioning
industry.
The investigation revealed that employment declines at the
subject firm are attributable to the shift in production of access
doors from the Lima, Ohio plant to a country (Mexico) that is party
to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with access doors produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Hart & Cooley, Inc., H&C - Milcor, Lima, Ohio,
engaged in employment related to the production of access
doors, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 20, 2005, 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 3rd day of April 2006

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