DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,368

ROSS MOULD INC.
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
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 November 6, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, District 10 on behalf of workers of Ross Mould Inc.,
Washington, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm
produce mould equipment for the glass container industry and are
not separately identifiable.
The investigation further revealed that workers of the
subject firm were certified under petition number TA-W-55,828,
which expired on November 19, 2006.
This investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject firm is related to a shift
in production of mould equipment for the glass container
industry, to Colombia, a beneficiary country under the Andean
Trade Preference Act.
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.
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 conclude that there has been a shift in
production from Ross Mould Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania, to
Colombia of articles that are like or directly competitive with
mould equipment for the glass container industry produced by
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ross Mould Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 20, 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
are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 4th day of December, 2006

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