DPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,993

MATTHEWS BRONZE
A SUBSIDIARY OF MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
BRONZE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
REMEDY INTELLIGENT STAFFING
SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK

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 12, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Matthews Bronze, a subsidiary of Matthews
International Corporation, Bronze Division, Seneca Falls, New
York. The workers produce bronze cast letters used in bronze
memorials and architectural pieces and plaques.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Remedy Intelligent Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Matthews Bronze
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
bronze cast letters meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers of the subject firm are threatened to become totally
separated during October 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of bronze
cast letters to Mexico by Matthews Bronze contributed
importantly to the worker group separations.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Matthews Bronze, a
subsidiary of Matthews International Corporation, Bronze
Division, Seneca Falls, New York, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of bronze cast letters 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 Matthews Bronze, a subsidiary of Matthews
International Corporation, Bronze Division, including on-
site leased workers from Remedy Intelligent Staffing,
Seneca Falls, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 11, 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 16th day of September, 2009

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