DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,654

MOUNT VERNON NEON
A SUBSIDIARY OF EVERBRITE, LLC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

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 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Mount Vernon
Neon, a subsidiary of Everbrite, LLC., Mount Vernon, Illinois.
The workers produce neon signs and repair parts. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mount Vernon
Neon who are engaged in employment related to the production of
neon signs and repair parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of neon signs and repair parts by Mount Vernon
Neon have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the
workers' firm increased reliance on imported neon signs and
repair parts during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports by Mount Vernon Neon contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Mount Vernon, Illinois
facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mount Vernon Neon, a
subsidiary of Everbrite, LLC., Mount Vernon, Illinois,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of neon signs and
repair parts 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 Mount Vernon Neon, a subsidiary of
Everbrite, LLC., Mount Vernon, Illinois, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 15,
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 18th day of November, 2009


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