DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,401

VICTOR PLASTICS, INC.
KALONA DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
KELLY SERVICES
KALONA, 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 April 30, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Victor Plastics, Inc., Kalona Division, Kalona, Iowa. The worker
group also includes leased workers of Kelly Services working on
site at Victor Plastics, Inc., Kalona Division, Kalona, Iowa. The
workers produce injection molded plastic parts.
The investigation revealed that Victor Plastics, Inc., Kalona,
Iowa, supplies component parts for washers and dryers and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of washing machines and dryers whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to the separation or threat of separation
of workers at Victor Plastics, Inc., Kalona Division, Kalona, 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 Victor Plastics, Inc.,
Kalona Division, Kalona, 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 Victor Plastics, Inc., Kalona Division,
including on-site leased workers of Kelly Services, Kalona,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 26, 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 25th day of May 2007


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