DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,011

C&W INDUSTRIES, INC.
MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of C&W Industries, Inc., Malden, Massachusetts (C&W
Industries). The workers produce disc brake calipers.
The investigation revealed that workers of C&W Industries
who are engaged in employment related to the production of disc
brake calipers meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because cessation of
operations occurred at the subject facility resulting in the
permanent separations of all workers.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of disc brake calipers by C&W Industries
have decreased absolutely from 2007 to 2008.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with disc
brake caliper by C&W Industries have increased. Specifically,
the Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of disc brake
calipers during 2007, 2008, and January through March 2009. The
survey's revealed an increased reliance on imports of disc
brake calipers during the period under investigation.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of disc brake calipers by customers of
C&W Industries contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at C&W Industries.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C&W Industries, Inc.,
Malden, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of disc brake calipers meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of C&W Industries, Inc., Malden,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."


Signed in Washington, D.C., this 16th day of June, 2009.


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