DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,308

MILSO INDUSTRIES - MATTHEWS CASKET DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF
MANAGEMENT, INC.
RICHMOND, INDIANA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Milso Industries - Matthews Casket Division,
Richmond, Indiana (Matthews Casket). The worker group includes
on-site leased workers of Professional Staff Management, Inc.
The workers produce metal caskets.
The investigation revealed that workers of Matthews Casket
who are engaged in employment related to production of metal
caskets meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the worker group was separated from employment in the past
year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
shifted production of metal caskets to an affiliate in Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of metal caskets to Mexico by Matthews Casket
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Richmond location.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Milso Industries -
Matthews Casket Division, Richmond, Indiana, who are engaged in
employment related to production of metal caskets 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 Milso Industries - Matthews Casket
Division, including on-site leased workers of Professional
Staff Management, Inc., Richmond, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 6th day of July, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance