DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,638

GREENFIELD RESEARCH, INC.
DIE CUT DEPARTMENT
GREENFIELD, OHIO

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 on March 19, 2009, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Greenfield Research, Inc., Die Cut Department, Greenfield, Ohio.
The workers produce automotive interior components for car seats.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-61,070, which
expired March 27, 2009.
The investigation revealed that Greenfield Research, Inc., Die
Cut Department, Greenfield, Ohio, supplies component parts for
automotive seating components, and a loss of business with
manufacturers of automotive seating components whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
Greenfield Research, Inc., Die Cut Department, Greenfield, Ohio.
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 Greenfield Research,
Inc., Die Cut Department, Greenfield, Ohio, 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 Greenfield Research, Inc., Die Cut Department,
Greenfield, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 28, 2009, 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 30th day of April 2009


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