DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,975

PEXCO, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADD STAFFING
UNION GAP, WASHINGTON

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 30, 2009 by a representative of the
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers,
District 751 on behalf of workers of Pexco, LLC, Union Gap,
Washington. The workers produce extruded plastics and machined
parts. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Add Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Pexco, LLC who
are engaged in employment related to production of extruded
plastics and machined parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated or are threatened with
separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Pexco, LLC contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Union Gap, Washington
facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pexco, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Add Staffing, Union Gap,
Washington, who are engaged in employment related to production
of extruded plastics and machined 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 Pexco, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Add Staffing, Union Gap, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 23, 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 29th day of December, 2009

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