DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,991

IRONWOOD PLASTICS, INC.
IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN

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 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 August 12, 2009 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Ironwood Plastics, Inc., Ironwood, Michigan. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
custom injection molded parts and molds for the automotive
industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ironwood
Plastics who are engaged in activities related to production
of custom injection molded parts and molds meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Ironwood
Plastics produced and sold custom injection molded parts to
firms that employed worker groups who are covered by active
certifications.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Ironwood Plastics with the TAA-certified firms contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Ironwood, Michigan
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ironwood Plastics,
Inc., Ironwood, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of custom injection molded parts 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 Ironwood Plastics, Inc., Ironwood,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 3, 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 5th day of April, 2010


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