DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,495

WILEN INDUSTRIES
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 21, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a Unite Here Local Southern
Regional Union official on behalf of workers of Wilen Industries,
Atlanta, Georgia. The workers produce cleaning supplies.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined in 2007 compared with 2006, and continued to decline in
January through October 2008.
Sales at the subject firm declined in January through October
2008 compared with the same period of 2007.
The investigation also revealed that Wilen Industries
increased reliance on imports of cleaning supplies during the
period under investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cleaning supplies produced at
Wilen Industries, Atlanta, Georgia, contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales
or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Wilen Industries, Atlanta, Georgia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 18, 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
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of December 2008


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