DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,974

FREDON DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIES, LLC
NEWTON, NEW JERSEY

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 January 23, 2009, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fredon Development Industries, LLC, Newton, New Jersey.
The workers produce plastic injection molded parts.
The investigation revealed that Fredon Development Industries,
LLC, Newton, New Jersey, supplies component parts for indicator
lights and LEDs and a loss of business with a manufacturer of
indicator lights and LEDs whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Fredon Development
Industries, LLC, Newton, New Jersey.
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 Fredon Development
Industries, LLC, Newton, New Jersey, 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 Fredon Development Industries, LLC, Newton,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 23, 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 20th day of February 2009


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