DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,411

P & M INDUSTRIES, INC.
THOROFARE, NEW JERSEY

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 25, 2009 by a New Jersey State workforce office
representative on behalf of workers of P & M Industries,
Thorofare, New Jersey. The workers produce sheet metal
fabricators.
The investigation revealed that workers of P & M
Industries, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to sheet
metal fabricators, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers at the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of sheet metal fabricators by P & M
Industries, Inc. have decreased in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with sheet
metal fabricators produced by P & M Industries, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of sheet metal fabricators by customers
of P & M Industries, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at P & M
Industries, Inc., Thorofare, New Jersey.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of P & M Industries,
Inc., Thorofare, New Jersey, who are engaged in employment
related to sheet metal fabricators 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 P & M Industries, Inc., Thorofare, New
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 23, 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 11th day of December, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance