DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,388

PHOENIX TRIM WORKS, INC.
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;
(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm (or subdivision) 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 that was the
basis for such certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm (or subdivision)
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
(or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm (or subdivision) component parts for articles
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 August 23, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania
(Phoenix Trim). The workers' firm is engaged in the production
of trim for furnishings. The worker group does not include any
on-site leased or temporary workers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Phoenix Trim have become,
are threatened to become, totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Phoenix Trim is a
Supplier to firms (or subdivision, whichever is applicable) 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 is related to the actual finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Phoenix Trim with the aforementioned firms
contributed importantly to worker separations at Phoenix Trim
Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria have been met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in Phoenix Trim are 50 years of
age or older. Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because
the workers in Phoenix Trim possess skills that are not easily
transferrable. Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been
met because conditions within the workers' industry are adverse.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phoenix Trim Works,
Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 20, 2011, 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 are also eligible to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of October, 2011


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance