DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,923

ACME ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK


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 June 3, 2009 on behalf of workers of Acme
Architectural Products, Brooklyn, New York (Acme Architectural
Products). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of hollow metal doors and frames,
louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Acme
Architectural Products, Brooklyn, New York who are engaged in
employment related to the production of hollow metal doors and
frames, louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the 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/or production of hollow metal doors and frames, louvers,
kick plates, and wall partitions by the subject firm decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with hollow metal doors
and frames, louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions produced
by Acme Architectural Products have increased. Specifically,
the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding their purchases of hollow
metal doors and frames, louvers, kick plates, and wall
partitions during the relevant period. The survey revealed
increased customer reliance on imported hollow metal doors and
frames, louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hollow metal doors and frames,
louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions by customers of Acme
Architectural Products contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Acme
Architectural Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acme Architectural
Products, Brooklyn, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of hollow metal doors and frames,
louvers, kick plates, and wall partitions 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 Acme Architectural Products, Brooklyn, New
York, 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 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 5th day of March 2010


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