DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,394

MULTI-PLASTICS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
AND RM PERSONNEL, INC.
LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO

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 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Multi-Plastics of New Mexico, Inc., Las Cruces, New
Mexico. The workers produce plastic injection molded
components. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Inc. and RM Personnel, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Multi-Plastics
of New Mexico, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
the production of plastic injection molded components, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of plastic
injection molded components to Mexico contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Las Cruces, New Mexico
facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Multi-Plastics of New
Mexico, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, who are engaged in
employment related to production of plastic injection molds,
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 Multi-Plastics of New Mexico, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Inc., and
RM Personnel, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 20, 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 6th day of October, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance