DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,028

RUPERT DENTAL LAB, INC.
CROWN AND BRIDGE DIVISION
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

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 13, 2009 by three workers, on behalf of workers
of Rupert Dental Lab, Inc., Crown and Bridge Division,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The workers produced fixed and
removable crown and bridge dental appliances.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rupert Dental
Lab, Inc., Crown and Bridge Division, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of fixed and removable
crown and bridge dental appliances, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
fixed and removable crown and bridge dental appliances by
Rupert Dental Lab, Inc. from India and China contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rupert Dental Lab,
Inc., Crown and Bridge Division, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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 Rupert Dental Lab, Inc., Crown and Bridge
Division, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 4,
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 8th day of January, 2010

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