DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,473

WHYCO FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
THOMASTON, CONNECTICUT

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 June 4, 2008 in response to
a petition filed by a state representative on behalf of workers of
Whyco Finishing Technologies, LLC, Thomaston, Connecticut. Workers
at the subject facility produce finished metals. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product produced.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility declined during the relevant period.
Whyco Finishing Technologies, LLC, acts as a downstream
producer finishing metals for a manufacturer of residential locks.
Evidence revealed that the primary firm, to whom the
petitioning workers' firm acts as a downstream producer, employed a
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility for
trade adjustment assistance based on a shift in production to
Mexico, and the downstream production is related to the article
that was the basis for such certification. The subject firm's
employment declined, in part, because of the shift in production of
residential locks to Mexico by the primary firm.
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.
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 Whyco Finishing
Technologies, LLC, Thomaston, Connecticut, 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 Whyco Finishing Technologies, LLC, Thomaston,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 3, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of June 2008.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance