DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,012

THE FROG, SWITCH AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 July 18, 2009, on behalf of workers of The Frog, Switch
and Manufacturing Company, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce manganese steel castings.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Frog, Switch
and Manufacturing Company who are engaged in employment related
to production of manganese steel castings meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of The Frog, Switch and Manufacturing Company
have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
manganese steel castings produced by The Frog, Switch and
Manufacturing Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to worker
separations and sales/production declines at the Carlisle,
Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Frog, Switch and
Manufacturing Company, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in employment related to production of manganese steel castings
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 The Frog, Switch and Manufacturing Company,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 18, 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 10th day of March, 2010


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