DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,782

EMSIG MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 17, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Emsig
Manufacturing Corporation, Long Island City, New York. The
workers are engaged in warehousing and shipping buttons.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment
at the subject facility is related in part to the increase in
imports of buttons produced by an affiliated firm whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance based
on increased imports of buttons.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm 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 Emsig Manufacturing Corporation, Long
Island City, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 3, 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 8th day of February 2007

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