DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,689

OSSINEKE INDUSTRIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF STAR CUTTER COMPANY
OSSINEKE, 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 March 27, 2009, in response
to a petition filed by company official on behalf of workers of
Ossineke Industries, a subsidiary of Star Cutter Company, Ossineke,
Michigan. The workers produce deep hole drilling tools.
The investigation revealed that Ossineke Industries, a
subsidiary of Star Cutter Company, Ossineke, Michigan, supplies
component parts for PCD reamers, solid carbide tools, and pressure
coolant reamers, and a loss of business with a manufacturer of PCD
reamers, solid carbide tools, and pressure coolant reamers, whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to the separation or threat of separation
of workers at Ossineke Industries, a subsidiary of Star Cutter
Company, Ossineke, Michigan.
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 Ossineke Industries, a
subsidiary of Star Cutter Company, Ossineke, Michigan, 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 Ossineke Industries, a subsidiary of Star
Cutter Company, Ossineke, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 26,
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 14th day of April 2009

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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