DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,891

DUERR TOOL & DIE COMPANY, INC.
UNION, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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 in response to a petition
received on July 27, 2007, and filed by a State agency
representative on behalf of workers at Duerr Tool & Die Company,
Inc., Union, New Jersey. The workers produced custom plastic
injection molded products.
The subject firm ceased production in August 2006.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
custom plastic injection molded components during 2005 and 2006.
The survey revealed that major customers increased their purchases
of imported custom plastic injection molded components, while
decreasing their purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant time period.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Duerr Tool & Die Company, Inc., Union, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 25, 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";
I further determine that all workers of Duerr Tool & Die
Company, Inc., Union, New Jersey, are denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of September 2007.



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