DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,576

ALPHA POLISHING, INC.
DBA GENERAL PLATING AND BRITE PLATING
LOS ANGELES, 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 October 14, 2009 by an authorized company
representative on behalf of workers of Alpha Polishing, Inc.,
dba General Plating and Brite Plating, Los Angeles,
California. The workers supplied polishing and plating
services for customers in the motor vehicle industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alpha Polishing
Inc., who are engaged in employment related to polishing and
plating, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated or threatened
with separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
polishing and plating services by Alpha Polishing Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles or services like or directly competitive
with the polishing and plating supplied by Alpha Polishing
Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Alpha Polishing
Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alpha Polishing,
Inc., dba General Plating and Brite Plating, Los Angeles,
California, who are engaged in employment related to polishing
and plating, 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 Alpha Polishing, Inc., dba General Plating
and Brite Plating, Los Angles, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 12, 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 6th day of May, 2010


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