DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,200

PROTECTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.
OPERATING AS CAPLUGS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF CAREER CONCEPTS, VOLT
SERVICES GROUP, AND ADECCO/OLSTEN STAFFING
ERIE, 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(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 services used
in the production of 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 13, 2009 by an official from the United Auto
Workers (UAW) on behalf of workers of Protective Industries,
Inc., operating as Caplugs, Erie, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce thermoplastic injection molded components. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers of Career Concepts, Volt
Service Group, and Adecco/Olsten Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Protective
Industries, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of thermoplastic injection molded components meet
the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Protective
Industries, Inc. produced and sold thermoplastic injection
molded components to a firm that employed a worker group who
is covered by an active certification to be incorporated into
automotive vehicles.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Protective Industries, Inc. with the TAA-certified firm,
with respect to thermoplastic injection molded components sold
to the TAA-certified firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at Protective Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Protective
Industries, Inc., operating as Caplugs, including on-site
leased workers of Career Concepts, Volt Service Group, and
Adecco/Olsten Staffing, Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of thermoplastic injection
molded components, 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 Protective Industries, Inc., operating as
Caplugs, including on-site leased workers of Career
Concepts, Volt Service Group, and Adecco/Olsten Staffing,
Erie, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 21, 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 16th day of March, 2010

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