DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,314

ARROW ACME, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARROW ACME ACQUISITION, INC.
WEBSTER CITY, IOWA

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 October 27, 2006,
in response to a petition filed by the United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America,
Local 442 on behalf of the workers of Arrow Acme, Inc., a
subsidiary of Arrow Acme Acquisition, Inc., Webster City,
Iowa. The workers are engaged in the production of
aluminum castings (i.e. pistons and motor housing).
Arrow Acme, Inc., a subsidiary of Arrow Acme
Acquisition, Inc., Webster City, Iowa supplies aluminum
castings (i.e. pistons and motor housing) and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of small gas engine machined
parts whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Arrow
Acme, Inc., a subsidiary of Arrow Acme Acquisition, Inc.,
Webster City, Iowa.
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 workers of Arrow Acme,
Inc., a subsidiary of Arrow Acme Acquisition, Inc., Webster
City, Iowa, 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 Arrow Acme, Inc., a subsidiary of
Arrow Acme Acquisition, Inc., Webster City, Iowa, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 26, 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 November, 2006


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