DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,095

BREMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
ELKHART LAKE, WISCONSIN

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 September 5, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers of the
Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
The workers produce sand cast aluminum products.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Elkhart
Lake facility declined in January through August 2007 compared
with the same period of 2006.
The investigation also revealed that Bremer Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin supplies component parts
for machined parts for small gasoline engines and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of machined parts for small
gasoline engines whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at the Elkhart
facility.
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 Bremer Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, 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 Bremer Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elkhart
Lake, Wisconsin, who become totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 29, 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 22nd of October 2007


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance