DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,817

POWERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
ALLISON, IOWA

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 10, 2009, by a state agency representative
behalf of workers of Powers Manufacturing Company, Allison,
Iowa. The workers produce athletic uniforms.
The investigation revealed that workers of Powers
Manufacturing Company, Allison, Iowa who are engaged in
employment related to production of team athletic uniforms meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of athletic uniforms by Powers Manufacturing
Company, Allison, Iowa have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the athletic
uniforms produced by the subject firm 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 Powers
Manufacturing Company, Allison, Iowa.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Powers Manufacturing
Company, Allison, Iowa, who are engaged in employment related to
athletic uniforms 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 Powers Manufacturing Company, Allison,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 9, 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 April, 2010


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