DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,657

PRESCOTECH INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
T.E.C. STAFFING SERVICE
FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS

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 March 23, 2009, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Prescotech Industries,
Inc., Ft. Smith, Arkansas. The workers produce die cut non-
metallic items such as plastic foam parts, fiber glass parts, and
rubber material board.
The investigation revealed that Prescotech Industries, Inc.,
Ft. Smith, Arkansas, supplies component parts for side-by-side,
full, counter-depth, and bottom mount refrigerators; in addition
trash compactors, and a loss of business with a manufacturer of
side-by-side, full, counter-depth, and bottom mount refrigerators;
in addition trash compactors, whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Prescotech
Industries, Inc., Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
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 Prescotech Industries,
Inc., Ft. Smith, Arkansas, 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 Prescotech Industries, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from T.E.C. Staffing Source, Ft. Smith,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 20, 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 assis-
tance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 8th day of April 2009


/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance