DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,899

CONTACT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 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 in response to a petition
received on January 15, 2009, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Contact Technologies, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, St. Marys, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce electrical contacts, assemblies and technical ceramics.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Contact Technologies, Inc.,
St. Marys, Pennsylvania, supplies electrical contacts, assemblies
and technical ceramics and a loss of business with a manufacturer
of circuit protection devices, 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 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 Contact Technologies,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania, 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 Contact Technologies, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, St. Marys, Pennsylvania who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 13, 2008, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of January 2009


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