DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,940

RAY LEWIS AND SON
MARYSVILLE, OHIO

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 worker
petition filed on June 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Ray Lewis
and Son, Marysville, Ohio. The workers produced zinc die
castings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ray Lewis and
Son who were engaged in employment related to the production of
zinc die castings meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in early 2009 with the
shutdown of the Marysville plant.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of zinc die castings by Ray Lewis and Son
have declined absolutely in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with zinc
die castings produced by Ray Lewis and Son increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of zinc die castings and or articles
like or directly competitive by customers of Ray Lewis and Son
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Ray Lewis and Son, Marysville,
Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ray Lewis and Son,
Marysville, Ohio, 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 Ray Lewis and Son, Marysville, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 18, 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 7th day of October, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance