DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,699

VICTOR PLASTICS, INC.
NORTH LIBERY DIVISION
NORTH LIBERTY, 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 January 17, 2008 in response
to a petition received on January 15, 2008 and filed by a company
official on behalf of workers of Victor Plastics, Inc., North Liberty,
Iowa. The workers produce injected plastic parts.
The investigation revealed that a significant number of employees
were laid-off in 2007, and it is anticipated that further separations
will take place in 2008.
The investigation also revealed that Victor Plastics, Inc. in
North Liberty, Iowa supplied component parts for the manufacture of
plastic components, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
are supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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. in North Liberty,
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., North Liberty, Iowa
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 15, 2007, 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 29th day of February 2008


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