DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,350

VIN-TEX SEALERS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF LABOR NETWORK
ITASCA, ILLINOIS

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of Vin-Tex Sealers, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Labor Network, Itasca, Illinois. Workers at the
subject firm produce vinyl and urethane products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vin-Tex Sealers,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Labor Network,
Itasca, Illinois who are engaged in employment related to the
production of vinyl and urethane products meet the criteria as
suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Vin-
Tex Sealers, Inc., Itasca, Illinois produced and sold vinyl
and urethane products to Hill Rom Company, Inc., Batesville
Manufacturing Operation, Batesville, Indiana to be
incorporated into hospital equipment. Workers of Hill Rom
Company, Inc., Batesville Manufacturing Operation, Batesville,
Indiana were covered by a Trade Adjustment Assistance
certification. That certification was issued on the basis of
a company shift in production to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the vinyl and urethane
products produced by Vin-Tex Sealers, Inc., Itasca, Illinois
supplied to Hill Rom Company, Inc., Batesville Manufacturing
Operation, Batesville, Indiana accounted for over 20 percent
of the production or sales of Vin-Tex Sealers, Inc., Itasca,
Illinois.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vin-Tex Sealers,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Labor Network,
Itasca, Illinois who are engaged in activities related to the
production of vinyl and urethane products 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 Vin-Tex Sealers, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Labor Network, Itasca, Illinois 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 22nd day of September 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance