DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,518

WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OFFICE TEAM/ROBERT HALF
AND VOLT STAFFING
WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINNESOTA

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 October 7, 2009 by a state official on behalf of
workers of Wilson Tool International, White Bear Lake,
Minnesota. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Office Team/Robert Half and Volt Staffing. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of punches and
dies for punching, stamping, and bending in the metal
fabricating industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wilson Tool
International who are engaged in activities related to the
production of punches and dies meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to the United Kingdom the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles provided by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of punch and
die production to the United Kingdom by Wilson Tool
International contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wilson Tool
International, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of punches and dies 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 Wilson Tool International, White Bear
Lake, Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 6, 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 11th day of March, 2010

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