DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,997

ROSS MOULD, INC.
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 4, 2009 by United Steelworkers, Local 146T, on
behalf of workers of Ross Mould, Inc., Washington,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce mould equipment for the
glass container industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ross Mould, Inc.
who are engaged in employment related to the production of mould
equipment 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
been totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of mould equipment by Ross Mould, Inc.
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
imports of articles like or directly competitive with mould
equipment produced by Ross Mould, Inc. have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor surveyed Ross Mould,
Inc.'s major declining customers regarding purchases of mould
equipment. The survey revealed increased reliance on imports
of mould equipment during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports of mould equipment by
customers of Ross Mould, Inc. contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales declines at Ross Mould,
Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ross Mould, Inc.,
Washington, Pennsylvania who are engaged in employment related
to the production of mould equipment 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 Ross Mould, Inc., Washington,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 29, 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 14th day of December, 2009.

/s/Elliot S. Kushner
______________________________
Elliot S. Kushner
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance