DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,089

TALBAR, INC.
MEADVILLE, PA

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 December 11, 2009 on behalf of workers of Talbar,
Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of automated assembly
components.
The investigation revealed that workers of Talbar, Inc.,
Meadville, Pennsylvania who are engaged in employment related to
production of automated assembly components meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion 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 the sales
and production of automated assembly components by the firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
automated assembly components have increased during the
relevant period.
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 the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Talbar, Inc.,
Meadville, Pennsylvania who are engaged in activities related to
production of automated assembly components 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 Talbar, Inc., Meadville, Pennsylvania, 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 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 20th day of July, 2010

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