DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,822

ROSS MOULD LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH ROSS MOULD INC
WASHINGTON, 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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 24, 2012 by the United Steelworkers, District 10
on behalf of workers of Ross Mould LLC, Washington,
Pennsylvania. The worker group herein known as "Ross Mould"
also includes workers whose unemployment insurance wages were
reported through Ross Mould Inc. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of mould equipment.
The workers of Ross Mould Inc. were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition
number TA-W-70,997. The certification applied to workers who
were separated from employment on May 29, 2008 through
December 14, 2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ross Mould.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ross Mould LLC,
including workers whose unemployment insurance wages were
reported through Ross Mould Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
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 Ross Mould LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance wages were reported through Ross
Mould Inc., Washington, Pennsylvania, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
December 15, 2011 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 23rd day of August, 2012.


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