DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,941
PORTOLA TECH INTERNATIONAL
WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND

TA-W-71,941A
EMPLOYMENT 2000 CORP.
LEASED WORKERS WORKING ON-SITE AT PORTOLA TECH INTERNATIONAL
WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND

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 August 6, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Portola Tech International, Woonsocket, Rhode
Island. The workers produce plastic caps and jars for customers
in the cosmetics industry. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Employment 2000 Corp. A certification
applicable to the employees of Portola Tech International was
issued on February 2, 2007 (TA-W-60,767). That certification
expired on February 2, 2009. The employees of Employment 2000
Corp. were not included in that certification.
The investigation revealed that workers of Portola Tech
International who are engaged in employment related to the
production of plastic caps and jars meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to China and the Czech Republic the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of plastic caps and jars to China and the Czech
Republic by Portola Tech International contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Woonsocket, Rhode Island
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Portola Tech
International, including on-site leased workers of Employment
2000 Corp., Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of plastic caps and jars
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 Portola Tech International, Woonsocket,
Rhode Island, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 3, 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.
and
All leased workers of Employment 2000 Corp., working on-
site at Portola Tech International, Woonsocket, Rhode
Island (TA-W-71,941), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 5, 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 20th of August, 2009.

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