DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,111

CAROLINA PRECISION PLASTICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MONROE STAFFING
STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT

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 26, 2012 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Carolina Precision Plastics, Stratford,
Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of plastic jars for the cosmetics industry.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Monroe
Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and customers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of plastic jars for the cosmetics industry by
Carolina Precision Plastics, Stratford, Connecticut have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the plastic
jars produced by Carolina Precision Plastics, Stratford,
Connecticut have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Carolina
Precision Plastics, Stratford, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carolina Precision
Plastics, Stratford, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of plastic jars 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 Carolina Precision Plastics, including on-
site leased workers from Monroe Staffing, Stratford,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 25, 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 15th day of January, 2013

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