DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,514

WISCONSIN METAL PRODUCTS
RACINE, WISCONSIN

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 26, 2009, by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW) on behalf of workers of Wisconsin Metal Products,
Racine, Wisconsin. Workers at the subject firm produce metal
stampings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wisconsin Metal
Products who are engaged in employment related to production of
metal stampings meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of Wisconsin Metal Products have decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
metal stampings produced by Wisconsin Metal Products have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Wisconsin Metal
Products contributed importantly to worker separations and
sales/production declines at the Racine, Wisconsin facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wisconsin Metal
Products, Racine, Wisconsin who are engaged in employment
related to production of metal stampings 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 Wisconsin Metal Products, Racine,
Wisconsin, 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 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 19th day of October, 2009


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