DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,988

KENOSHA LEATHERETTE AND DISPLAY CO.
KENOSHA, 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(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 by the International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers, District #10 on August 11, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Kenosha Leatherette and Display Co., Kenosha,
Wisconsin (Kenosha Leatherette and Display Co.). Workers at the
subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production
of sewn and heat sealed reusable packing products. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kenosha
Leatherette and Display Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin who are engaged
in employment related to the production of sewn and heat sealed
reusable packing products meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of sewn and heat sealed reusable packing
products by the subject firm decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with sewn and heat sealed
reusable packing products produced by Kenosha Leatherette and
Display Co. have increased. Specifically, the Department of
Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining
customer regarding its purchases of sewn and heat sealed
reusable packing products during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported sewn and
heat sealed reusable packing products.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of sewn and heat sealed reusable packing
products by customers of Kenosha Leatherette and Display Co.,
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Kenosha Leatherette and Display
Co.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kenosha Leatherette
and Display Co., Kenosha, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of sewn and heat sealed
reusable packing products 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 Kenosha Leatherette and Display Co.,
Kenosha, Wisconsin who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 27, 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 31st day of March 2010


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