DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,123

GERBER PLUMBING FIXTURES LLC
KOKOMO SANITARY POTTERY DIVISION
A DIVISION OF GLOBE UNION INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
KOKOMO, INDIANA

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 April 3, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) on behalf of
workers of Gerber Plumbing Fixture LLC, Kokomo Sanitary Pottery
Division, A Division of Globe Union Industrial Corporation,
Kokomo, Indiana. The workers produce vitreous china plumbing
fixtures.
Workers of the subject facility were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance on March 1, 2006 (TA-W-
58,751). That certification expired on March 1, 2008.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Kokomo
facility declined in January through March 2008 compared with
the same period of the previous year.
The subject firm is shifting production of the vitreous
china plumbing fixtures from the Kokomo facility to China. A
significant portion of production in China will be imported back
to the United States. The decline in employment is directly
attributable to this shift.
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 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 Gerber Plumbing Fixture LLC, Kokomo
Sanitary Pottery Division, A Division of Globe Union
Industrial Corporation, Kokomo, Indiana, who become totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March 2,
2008 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 21st of May 2008


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