DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,079

AETRIUM CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK AND LOGIC
NORTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

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 19, 2009, by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Aetrium Corporation, North St. Paul,
Minnesota (Aetrium Corporation). Workers produce test handling
equipment. Workers are not separately identifiable by product
line. The worker group consists of on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and Logic.
The investigation revealed that workers of Aetrium
Corporation, who are engaged in employment related to test
handling equipment, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Aetrium Corporation have
been separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production at Aetrium Corporation have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with test handling
equipment produced by Aetrium Corporation have increased
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Aetrium Corporation
contributed importantly to worker separations and
sales/production declines at Aetrium Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aetrium Corporation,
North St. Paul, Minnesota, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and Logic, who are engaged in employment related to test
handling equipment, 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 Aetrium Corporation, North St. Paul,
Minnesota, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
and Logic, 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 8th day of December, 2009


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance