DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,369

3M PRECISION OPTICS, INC.
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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 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 in response to a
petition received on May 10, 2006, and filed on behalf of
workers at 3M Precision Optics, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The workers produced lens systems for CRT based projection
televisions.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under TA-W-
54,549 which expired on May 12, 2006.
The investigation revealed that 3M Precision Optics,
Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio supplied components for CRT based
projection televisions, and a loss of business with a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at 3M
Precision Optics, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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 (2) has

not been met.

The investigation revealed the employees possess
skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 3M Precision
Optics, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 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 3M Precision Optics, Inc., Cincinnati,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 13, 2006, 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 3M Precision
Optics, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of June, 2006


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