DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,662

MONOPANEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN

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 23, 2009, on behalf of workers of Monopanel
Technologies, Inc., West Allis, Wisconsin. The workers produce
switch assemblies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Monopanel
Technologies who are engaged in employment related to production
of switch assembly production meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of switch assemblies by Monopanel Technologies
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with switch assemblies produced by the West Allis, Wisconsin
facility have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports of switch assemblies contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the West Allis, Wisconsin
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Monopanel
Technologies, Inc., West Allis, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to switch assemblies 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 Monopanel Technologies, Inc., West Allis,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 22, 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 4th day of June, 2010

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