DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,373

PLASTIC DRESS-UP COMPANY
SOUTH EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA

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 September 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Plastic
Dress-Up Company, South El Monte, California. The workers
produce plastic award components. The petitioners allege that
separations occurred due to a shift in production to China.
The investigation revealed that workers of Plastic Dress-Up
Company who are engaged in employment related to production of
plastic award components meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plastic award components by Plastic Dress-Up
Company have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with plastic award
components produced by Plastic Dress-Up Company have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at Plastic Dress-Up Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Plastic Dress-Up
Company, South El Monte, California, who are engaged in
employment related to production of plastic award components
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 Plastic Dress-Up Company, South El Monte,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 21, 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 28th day of December, 2009

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