DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,087

DOVER PARKERSBURG
PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA

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 December 14, 2009 by the United Steelworkers Local 2383
on behalf of workers of Dover Parkersburg, Parkersburg, West
Virginia. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of galvanized trash cans and assorted utility items.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dover
Parkersburg, Parkersburg, West Virginia who are engaged in
employment related to the production of galvanized trash cans
and assorted utility items, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated at the Parkersburg, West
Virginia facility during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Parkersburg, West Virginia location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Dover Parkersburg, West Virginia
contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Parkersburg, West Virginia facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dover Parkersburg,
Parkersburg, West Virginia 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 Dover Parkersburg, Parkersburg, West
Virginia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 11, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 10th day of March, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance