DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,589

REX-CUT PRODUCTS, INC.
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS


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 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Rex-Cut Products,
Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of cotton fiber abrasive
grinding wheels. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rex-Cut
Products, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of cotton fiber abrasive
grinding wheels the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least 5 percent
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of cotton fiber abrasive grinding wheels
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
cotton fiber abrasive grinding wheels produced at the subject
firm have increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and production at Rex-Cut
Products, Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rex-Cut Products,
Inc., Fall River, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment
related to production of coil strip steel, 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 Rex-Cut Products, Inc., Fall River,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 22, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 31st day of July, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance