DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,129

WILSON-HURD MFG. CO.
LCD DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM ADECCO AND LIFESTYLES
BERLIN, WISCONSIN

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 February 5, 2009, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Wilson-Hurd
Mfg. Co., LCD Division, Berlin, Wisconsin. The workers produce
optical film such as brightness enhancement film, privacy film, and
protective film used in LCD displays.
The worker group includes on-site workers leased from Adecco
and Lifestyles.
The investigation revealed that Wilson-Hurd Mfg. Co., LCD
Division, Berlin, Wisconsin, supplies component parts for optical
systems, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
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 Wilson-Hurd Mfg. Co.,
LCD Division, Berlin, Wisconsin, 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 Wilson-Hurd Mfg. Co., LCD Division, including
on-site leased workers from ADECCO and Lifestyles, Berlin,
Wisconsin who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 4, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of April 2009

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance