DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,134

LEECH INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM M-PLOY TEMPORARIES, INC.
MEADVILLE, PENNSLYVANIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 10, 2009 on behalf of workers of Leech
Industries, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
plastic molded parts, metal stampings, and machining. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from M-Ploy
Temporaries, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Leech Industries
who are engaged in activities related to production of plastic
molded parts, metal stampings, and machining meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Leech
Industries produced and sold plastic molded parts, metal
stampings, and machining to firms that employed worker groups
that are covered by active certifications to be incorporated
into various finished articles.
Criterion III has been met because the articles produced
by Leech Industries for firms that employed TAA-certified
worker groups accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production and sales of Leech Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leech Industries,
Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania including on-site leased workers
from M-Ploy Temporaries, Inc., who are engaged in activities
related to the production of plastic molded parts, metal
stampings, and machinings meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:



"All workers of Leech Industries, Inc., Meadville,
Pennsylvania including on-site leased workers from M-Ploy
Temporaries, Inc, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 3, 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 4th day of March, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance