DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,667

SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS
POLYMER PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DIMENSION STAFFING, MONROE STAFFING, TEMP DEPOT, MERGIS GROUP
AND MICROTECH STAFFING
BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND

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 March 9, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Polymer Products
Division, Bristol, Rhode Island (Saint-Gobain). The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of
engineered polymer products. The worker group was previously
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA-
W-63,163) for a shift in production to Mexico on April 23, 2008.
The expiration date of this certification is April 23, 2010.
This group consists of on-site leased workers from
Dimmension Staffing, Monroe Staffing, Temp Depot, Mergis Group,
and Microtech Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Saint-Gobain who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
engineered polymer products meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because 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.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
engineered polymer products to Mexico by Saint-Gobain
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Saint-
Gobain.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics, Polymer Products Division, including on-
site leased workers from Dimension Staffing, Monroe Staffing,
Temp Depot, Mergis Group, and Microtech Staffing, Bristol, Rhode
Island, who are engaged in employment related to engineered
polymer products 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 Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Polymer
Products Division, including on-site leased workers from
Dimension Staffing, Monroe Staffing, Temp Depot, Mergis
Group, and Microtech Staffing, Bristol, Rhode Island, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 24, 2010, 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 19th day of April, 2010.


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