DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,521

P.H. PRECISION PRODUCTS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
AND LABOR READY, INC.
PEMBROKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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 its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 4, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of P.H. Precision Products Corporation, Pembroke, New
Hampshire. Workers at the subject firm manufacture automotive metal
components for brake systems. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The subject firm leased workers from Central New Hampshire
Employment Services, and Labor Ready, Inc.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined during the period of
January through November 2006, when compared to the same time
period in 2005.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
automotive metal components in 2004, 2005, and January through
November 2006. The surveys revealed increases in imports of
automotive metal components during the period under investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with automotive metal components
produced by P.H. Precision Products Corporation, Pembroke, New
Hampshire, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of P.H. Precision Products Corporation, including
on-site leased workers of Central New Hampshire Employment
Services, and Labor Ready, Inc., Pembroke, New Hampshire, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 28, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 9th day of January 2007


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