DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,188

DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF MASCO CORPORATION
GREENSBURG, INDIANA

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 be
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 June 12, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Delta Faucet Company, a subsidiary of Masco
Corporation, Greensburg, Indiana. The workers at the subject
firm produce plumbing faucets. The petitioner alleged that
worker separations were caused by a shift in production to an
affiliate location in China.
Workers at the subject firm were previously certified for
trade adjustment assistance under petition, TA-W-60,697 based
upon a shift in production abroad and a likely increase in
imports. This certification expired on March 13, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Delta Faucet
Company, a subsidiary of Masco Corporation, Greensburg, Indiana
engaged in employment related to the production of plumbing
faucets meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated from
2007 to 2008, and during the period of January through June
2009 when compared to the same time period in 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of faucets to China by Delta Faucet Company
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Delta
Faucet Company, a subsidiary of Masco Corporation, Greensburg,
Indiana.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Delta Faucet Company,
a subsidiary of Masco Corporation, Greensburg, Indiana, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of faucets 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 Delta Faucet Company, a subsidiary of Masco
Corporation, Greensburg, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 14,
2009, 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 30th day of July, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance