DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,938

MADISON POLYMERIC ENGINEERING, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HAMILTON CONNECTION AND REITMAN PERSONNEL
BRANFORD, 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;
(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 June 29, 2018 by a union, the New England Joint Board
of UNITE HERE on behalf of the workers of Madison Polymeric
Engineering, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Hamilton Connection and Reitman Personnel, Branford,
Connecticut ("Madison Polymeric Engineering, Inc."). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
custom medical and packaging products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the union and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers 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 subject
firm has acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Madison Polymeric Engineering, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Madison Polymeric
Engineering, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Hamilton Connection and Reitman Personnel, Branford,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of custom medical and packaging products, 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 Madison Polymeric Engineering, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Hamilton Connection
and Reitman Personnel, Branford, Connecticut, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 28, 2017, 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 September 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance