DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,498

JONES PLASTIC & ENGINEERING COMPANY, LLC
JEFFERSONTOWN, KENTUCKY

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 November 21, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Jones Plastic & Engineering Company, LLC,
Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The workers produce plastic parts for
appliances, i.e. components parts, consisting of plastic
shelving for refrigerators, plastic handles, dishwasher
silverware baskets, front housings, etc.
The investigation revealed that Jones Plastic & Engineering
Company, LLC, Jeffersontown, Kentucky, supplies component parts
for an appliance manufacturer, and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of appliances whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance, contributed importantly to
the separation or threat of separation of workers at Jones
Plastic & Engineering Company, LLC, Jeffersontown, Kentucky.
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 do not possess skills that are 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 Jones Plastic &
Engineering Company, LLC, Jeffersontown, Kentucky 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 Jones Plastic & Engineering Company, LLC,
Jeffersontown, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 20, 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 January 2009.

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