DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,010

CWR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
EAST SYRACUSE, 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 5, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of CWR Manufacturing Corporation, East Syracuse, New
York. The workers at the subject firm produce metal fasteners.
The investigation revealed that workers of CWR
Manufacturing Corporation, East Syracuse, New York who are
engaged in employment related to the production of metal
fasteners meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated or are
threatened with separation during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of metal fasteners by CWR Manufacturing
Corporation have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with metal fasteners
produced by CWR Manufacturing Corporation have increased. The
Department surveyed the firm's major declining customers
regarding purchases of metal fasteners in 2007, 2008, and
during January through July 2009 over the corresponding 2008
period. The surveys revealed an increased reliance on imports
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of metal fasteners by customers of the
workers' firm contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at the Syracuse, New York facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CWR Manufacturing
Corporation, East Syracuse, New York, who are engaged in
employment related to production of metal 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 CWR Manufacturing Corporation, East
Syracuse, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 4, 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 15th day of January, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance