DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,497

VICTOR INSULATORS, INC.
VICTOR, NEW YORK

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 21, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Victor Insulators, Inc., Victor, New York. The
workers are engaged in the production of electric insulators.
The investigation revealed that workers of Victor
Insulators, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of electrical insulators meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of electric insulators by Victor Insulators,
Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with electrical
insulators by produced Victor, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports by Victor, Inc. of electrical insulators
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Victor, New York location.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Victor Insulators,
Inc., Victor, New York, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of electrical insulators 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 Victor Insulators, Inc., Victor, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 21, 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 20th day of July, 2009


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