DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,693

UFE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF JOB CONNECTION AND DM
DICKASON
EL PASO, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 6, 2010 on behalf of workers of UFE, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Job Connection and DM
Dickason, El Paso, Texas. The workers produce thermoplastic
injection molded components.
The investigation revealed that workers of UFE, Inc., who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
thermoplastic injection molded components, meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because UFE, Inc. produced
component parts that were directly supplied to firms with TAA-
certified worker groups, and the components supplied were
related to the production of articles that were the basis for
the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by UFE, Inc. with the TAA-certified firms, with respect to
thermoplastic injection molded components sold to the TAA-
certified firms, contributed importantly to worker separations
at UFE, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of UFE, Inc., El Paso,
Texas, who are engaged in employment related to production of
thermoplastic injection molded components, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of UFE, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Job Connection and DM Dickason, El Paso, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 20, 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 12th day of November, 2010


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