DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,186

ELKAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
ELKAY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS

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 to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 10, 2009, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Elkay Manufacturing Company, Elkay Distribution Center,
Bolingbrook, Illinois. The workers provide warehousing and
distribution services for the firm's stainless steel sink
manufacturing facilities.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance of
employment decline at the subject facility is related to a shift in
production of stainless steel sinks by Elkay Manufacturing Company,
Broadview, Illinois, to China. Workers for Elkay Manufacturing
Company, Broadview, Illinois, were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance on December 29, 2008.
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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:





"All workers of Elkay Manufacturing Company, Elkay
Distribution Center, Bolingbrook, Illinois, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February 6,
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/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance