DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,594

PEACE INDUSTRIES, LTD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM GENIE TEMPORARY STAFFING
AND PRONTO STAFFING AGENCY INC.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS

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 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Peace Industries, Ltd, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
(Peace Industries). The workers produce staples and corrugated
fasteners.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers
from Genie Temporary Staffing and Pronto Staffing Agency, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Peace Industries
who are engaged in employment related to staples and fasteners
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated
comparing employment counts reported for January through April
2009 when compared to the same period in 2008.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of staples
and corrugated fasteners to South Korea by Peace Industries
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Peace
Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Peace Industries,
Ltd, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
related to staples and corrugated fasteners 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 Peace Industries, Ltd, Rolling Meadows,
Illinois, including on-site leased workers from Genie
Temporary Staffing and Pronto Staffing Agency Inc., 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 13th day of July, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance