DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,531

CONSOLIDATED METCO
PLASTICS DIVISION
BRYSON CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Consolidated
Metco, Plastics Division, Bryson City, North Carolina. The
workers produce interior and exterior plastic parts for
commercial trucks.
The investigation revealed that workers of Consolidated
Metco who are engaged in employment related to production of
interior and exterior plastic parts meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Consolidated Metco produced and sold interior and exterior
plastic parts to Freightliner, LLC, Mt. Holly, North Carolina
to be incorporated into heavy duty trucks. Workers of
Freightliner, LLC, Mt. Holly, North Carolina are covered by
certification number TA-W-64,739 issued based on a shift in
production to a country with a free trade agreement, issued on
December 30, 2008.
Criterion III has been met because loss of business with
Freightliner, LLC, Mt. Holly, North Carolina contributed
importantly to the worker separations at Consolidated Metco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Consolidated Metco,
Plastics Division, Bryson City, North Carolina, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of interior and
exterior plastic parts 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 Consolidated Metco, Plastics Division,
Bryson City, North Carolina, 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 8th day of December, 2009

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