DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,519

PIXLEY RICHARDS INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTECH
WYOMING, MICHIGAN

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 (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 on in response to a petition
received on June 6, 2006, in response to a petition filed on behalf
of workers of Pixley Richards Incorporated, Wyoming, Michigan. The
workers produce injection molded components for the automotive
industry used in automobile braking systems.
The investigation revealed that Pixley Richards Incorporated,
Wyoming, Michigan, supplied components to a manufacturer of
automotive braking systems and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 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 workers of Pixley Richards
Incorporated, Wyoming, Michigan 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 Pixley Richards Incorporated, including on-
site leased workers of Aerotech, Wyoming, Michigan who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 6, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of June 2006


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