DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,915

GARDNER BENDER INC.
MILWAUKEE, 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:
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 June 3, 2009 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Gardner Bender Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Gardner
Bender). The workers are engaged in the production of
electrical wire connectors and electrical fish tapes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Gardner Bender,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
electrical wire connectors and electrical fish tapes, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at Gardner Bender were separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because the worker's firm has
recently shifted to a foreign country (China) the production
of an article like or directly competitive with electrical wire
connectors and electrical fish tapes produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of electrical wire connectors and electrical fish
tapes to China by Gardner Bender contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Gardner Bender.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Garner Bender Inc.,
who are engaged in employment related to electrical wire
connectors and electrical fish tapes, 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 Gardner Bender Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 1, 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 1st day of September, 2009.


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