DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,711

SCOTT BRASS, INCORPORATED
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND

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 December 17, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the Teamsters, Local Union No. 251
on behalf of workers of Scott Brass, Incorporated, Cranston, Rhode
Island. Workers at the subject facility are engaged in activities
related to the production of copper and brass coiling. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product produced.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Scott Brass, Incorporated,
Cranston, Rhode Island, supplies copper and brass coiling and a
loss of business with a manufacturer of snaps, burrs, and buttons,
whose workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at the subject 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 Scott Brass, Incorporated,
Cranston, Rhode Island, as adversely affected secondary workers
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, qualify as amended. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Scott Brass, Incorporated, Cranston, Rhode
Island, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 16, 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 21st day of January 2009

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance