EPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,080

WETZEL MOLDED PLASTICS
PREVUE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (Payroll Service)
WARREN, OHIO

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 in response to a petition
received on September 19, 2008 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Wetzel Molded Platics, Warren, Ohio. The
workers produce electrical connectors for automotive applications.
The investigation revealed that Wetzel Molded Plastics
supplied component parts for automotive connections systems and a
loss of business with a manufacturer of those systems whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at Wetzel Molded Plastics, Warren, Ohio.
Furthermore, workers wages are paid by Prevue Employment
Services, a payroll service company.
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 Wetzel Molded Plastics,
Warren, Ohio 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 Wetzel Molded Plastics, Prevue Employment
Services (payroll services) Warren, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after September
12, 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 15th day of December 2008


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