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TAW-74307  /  Brockway Mould, Inc. (Brockport, PA)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 06/25/2010
Filed Date: 06/28/2010
Most Recent Update: 08/30/2010
Determination Date: 08/30/2010
Expiration Date: 08/30/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,307

BROCKWAY MOULD, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROSS MOULD, INC.
BROCKPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 28, 2010, on behalf of workers of Brockway Mould,
Inc., a subsidiary of Ross Mould, Inc., Brockport, Pennsylvania
(Brockway). Workers produce mould equipment. Workers are not
separately identifiable.
Workers at the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) under
petition TA-W-63,522 which expired on June 24, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Brockport who
are engaged in employment related to mould equipment meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Brockway have been
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with mould equipment
produced by Brockway have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Brockway contributed
importantly to worker separations and sales/production
declines at Brockway Mould, Inc., a subsidiary of Ross Mould,
Inc., Brockport, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brockway Mould, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Ross Mould, Inc., Brockport, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in employment related to mould equipment 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 The Brockway Mould, Inc., a subsidiary of
Ross Mould, Inc., Brockport, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 25, 2010, 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 30th day of August, 2010.


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