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TAW-73418  /  TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/01/2009
Filed Date: 02/03/2010
Most Recent Update: 04/29/2010
Determination Date: 04/29/2010
Expiration Date: 04/29/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,418

TIMEMED LABELING SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION
DALLAS, TEXAS

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 February 3, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of
Precision Dynamics Corporation, Dallas, Texas. The workers
produce identification bracelets and labels used in hospitals,
laboratories, leisure and entertainment, and law enforcement.
The investigation revealed that workers of TimeMed Labeling
Systems, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of identification bracelets and labels meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TimeMed Labeling
Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Precision Dynamics Corporation,
Dallas, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of identification bracelets and labels 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 TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of Precision Dynamics Corporation, Dallas,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 1, 2009, 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 29th day of April, 2010


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