DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,412

GRACO
A DIVISION OF NEWELL RUBBERMAID
MACEDONIA, OHIO

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 25, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Graco, a division of Newell Rubbermaid, Macedonia,
Ohio. The workers produce car seats and high chairs.
The investigation revealed that workers of Graco who are
engaged in employment related to the production of car seats
and high chairs meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of workers have been separated during the relevant
period, and future separations are threatened.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and
production by Graco 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 the car seats and
high chairs produced by workers at Graco have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports by Graco contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Graco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Graco, a division of
Newell Rubbermaid, Macedonia, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of car seats and high
chairs 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 Graco, a division of Newell Rubbermaid,
Macedonia, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 24, 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 December, 2009


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