DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,161

MESTEK, INC.
WRENS, GEORGIA

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 June 1, 2010 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of Mestek, Inc., Wrens, Georgia. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of Space-Pak,
Shutters, and GRD.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mestek, Inc.,
Wrens, Georgia, who are engaged in employment related to
production of Space-Pak, Shutters, and GRD, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of 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/or production of Space-Pak, Shutters, and GRD by Mestek,
Inc., Wrens, Georgia have decreased during the relevant time
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the Space-Pak, Shutters, and GRD produced by Mestek,
Inc., Wrens, Georgia increased significantly. That is, the
ratio of U.S. imports to U.S. shipments increased
significantly from 2008 to 2009. The ratio of U.S. imports to
U.S. Shipments during 2009 was nearly 475 percent.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Mestek, Inc., Wrens, Georgia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mestek, Inc., Wrens,
Georgia, who are engaged in employment related to production of
Space-Pak, Shutters, and GRD, 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 Mestek, Inc., Wrens, Georgia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 28, 2009, 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 21st day of January, 2011



/s/Elliott S. Kushner_________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance