DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,880

TG MANUFACTURING, INC.
HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY

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 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 in response to a
petition received on February 22, 2006, in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of TG
Manufacturing, Inc., Hammonton, New Jersey. The workers
produced precision sheet metal fabrications. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that employment declined at the
TG Manufacturing, Inc., Hammonton, New Jersey, facility during
the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment
at the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of precision sheet metal fabrications to China, and
subsequently importing those products into the United States.
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 3 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that competitive conditions
within the workers' industry are not 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 China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to
be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of TG Manufacturing, Inc., Hammonton, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 21, 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
I further determine that all workers of TG Manufacturing,
Inc., Hammonton, New Jersey, are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of April 2006

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance