DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,270

ST. CLAIR PLASTICS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
CHESTERFIELD TWP., MICHIGAN

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 17, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Warren Local Lodge No. PM2848, on
behalf of workers of St. Clair Plastics Company, a subsidiary of
Consolidated Industrial Corporation, Chesterfield Twp., Michigan.
Workers at the subject facility are engaged in activities related
to the production of plastic automotive components. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product produced.
The investigation revealed that St. Clair Plastics Company, a
subsidiary of Consolidated Industrial Corporation, Chesterfield
Twp., Michigan, supplies plastic automotive components and a loss
of business with a manufacturer of automotive heat exchangers 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 of St. Clair Plastics
Company, a subsidiary of Consolidated Industrial Corporation,
Chesterfield Twp., Michigan, 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 St. Clair Plastics Company, a subsidiary of
Consolidated Industrial Corporation, Chesterfield Twp.,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of March 2009

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