DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,764

3 SONS MANUFACTURING
HAYDEN, IDAHO

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 October 22, 2010 by workers from 3 Sons Manufacturing,
Hayden, Idaho. The workers produce parts for tools.
The investigation revealed that workers of 3 Sons
Manufacturing, Hayden, Idaho, who are engaged in employment
related to production of tooling parts, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with separation during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of tooling parts by 3 Sons Manufacturing has
decreased absolutely during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the tooling parts
produced by 3 Sons Manufacturing have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at 3 Sons
Manufacturing, Hayden, Idaho.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 3 Sons Manufacturing,
Hayden, Idaho, who are engaged in employment related to
production of tooling parts, 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 3 Sons Manufacturing, Hayden, Idaho, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 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 4th day of February, 2011


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