DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,800

CORD CRAFTS, LLC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF BRICKFORCE STAFFING
WHARTON, NEW JERSEY

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 November 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of Cord Crafts, LLC,
Wharton, New Jersey. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of plastic flowers, bushes, and trees,
as well as metal and wood containers. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers of Brickforce Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cord Crafts meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and
production decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the plastic flowers,
bushes, and trees, as well as metal and wood containers produced
by Cord Crafts increased relative to production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports by Cord Crafts contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and declines in sales and production.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cord Crafts, LLC,
Wharton, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to
production of plastic flowers, bushes, and trees, as well as
metal and wood containers, 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 Cord Crafts, LLC, including the on-site leased
workers of Brickforce Staffing, Wharton, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 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 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 25th day of January 2010


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