DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,240

ALLESEE ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES (AOA) - CALEXICO
CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA

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 December 12, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Allesee Orthodontic Appliances (AOA) - Calexico,
Calexico, California (AOA - Calexico). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of orthodontic
appliances which go in the mouth before, during, and after the
introduction of braces.
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
is in the process of shifting 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 AOA - Calexico.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allesee Orthodontic
Appliances (AOA) - Calexico, Calexico, California, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of orthodontic
appliances 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 Allesee Orthodontic Appliances (AOA) -
Calexico, Calexico, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 11,
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 9th day of January, 2013.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance