DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,237

PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORPORATION
CUSTOM DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN

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 17, 2009, on behalf of workers of Phillips
Plastics Corporation, Custom Division, Phillips, Wisconsin
(Phillips Plastics). The workers produce custom molded plastic
parts and tooling for the automotive, consumer and defense
industries. Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Phillips
Plastics who are engaged in employment related to the
production of custom molded plastic parts and tooling meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers within the workers' firm have become separated from
employment during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Phillips
Plastics produced and sold custom molded plastic parts and
tooling to a firm that employed a worker group covered by an
active certification.
Criterion III has been met because the custom molded
plastic parts and tooling provided by Phillips Plastics for the
TAA-certified firm accounted for at least 20 percent of the
sales of Phillips Plastics.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phillips Plastics
Corporation, Custom Division, Phillips, Wisconsin, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of custom molded plastic parts and
tooling, 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 Phillips Plastics Corporation, Custom
Division, Phillips, Wisconsin, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 2, 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 1st day of December, 2009

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance