DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,578

SOLON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN

TA-W-74,578A

A/P STAFFING AND EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS
WORKING ON-SITE AT SOLON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN

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 September 3, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Solon Manufacturing Company, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
(TA-W-74,578). The workers were engaged in activities related
to production of medical products. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from A/P Staffing and Employment Options
(TA-W-74,578A).
Workers of Solon Manufacturing Company were covered by
certification number TA-W-63,350 that expired on July 3, 2010.
That certification did not include the on-site leased workers
from A/P Staffing and Employment Options.
The investigation revealed that workers of Solon
Manufacturing Company, who were engaged in activities related
to the production of medical products, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production 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 Solon Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Solon Manufacturing
Company, including on-site leased workers from A/P Staffing and
Employment Options, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, who were engaged in
activities related to production of medical 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 Solon Manufacturing Company, Rhinelander,
Wisconsin (TA-W-74,578), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 4, 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;
And
All workers of A/P Staffing and Employment Options working
on-site at Solon Manufacturing Company, Rhinelander,
Wisconsin (TA-W-74,578A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 30, 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 13th day of October, 2010

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