DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,178

ANDERSON GLOBAL
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MICHIGIAN

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a) (1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) (1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or are
threatened with total or partial separation).

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) There has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) There has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 13, 2009 on behalf of workers of Anderson Global,
Muskegon Heights, Michigan. The workers manufacture industrial
patterns and foundry equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Anderson Global,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
industrial patterns and foundry equipment, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the supply of
production like or directly competitive with those supplied by
the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to China by the subject firm which contributed
importantly to worker group separations within the subject
firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Anderson Global, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
industrial patterns and foundry 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 Anderson Global, Muskegon Heights,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 10, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 16th day of October, 2009.


/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

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