DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,692

ITW/ST. JUDE POLYMER
SIGNODE CPO PLASTICS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WORKFORCE RESOURCES
FRACKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 28, 2009, on behalf of workers of ITW/ST. Jude
Polymer, Signode CPO Plastics, a subsidiary of Illinois Tool
Works, Frackville, Pennsylvania. The workers produce PET resin
pellets. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Workforce Resources.
The investigation revealed that workers of ITW/ST. Jude
Polymer who are engaged in employment related to production of
PET resin pellets meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of PET resin pellets by ITW/ST. Jude Polymer have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with PET resin pellets
produced by ITW/ST. Jude Polymer have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at ITW/ST. Jude
Polymer.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ITW/ST. Jude Polymer,
Signode CPO Plastics, a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works,
Frackville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related
to production of PET resin pellets 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 ITW/ST. Jude Polymer, Signode CPO Plastics,
a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works, including on-site
leased workers from Workforce Resources, Frackville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 27, 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 9th day of July, 2010

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