DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,675

MIDWEST PLASTIC COMPONENTS INC
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DOHERTY EMPLOYMENT GROUP
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA

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 July 7, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Midwest Plastic Components Inc, St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
The workers produce plastic injection molding.
The company leased onsite workers from Doherty Employment
Group.
The investigation revealed a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject facility are threatened to
become separated from employment.
The investigation also revealed that Midwest Plastic
Components Inc., St. Louis Park, Minnesota supplies component
parts for valves and sensors, 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
the relevant period.
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 do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Midwest Plastic
Components Inc., St. Louis Park, Minnesota qualifies 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 Midwest Plastic Components Inc., including
onsite leased workers from Doherty Employment Group, St.
Louis Park, Minnesota who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 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 14th day of August 2006.
/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance