DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53, 071

A & E PRODUCTS GROUPS, LP
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
MANPOWER, INC.
AMERICAN PERSONNELSERVICE
ONE SOURCE STAFFING
ADVANLE PERSONNEL
ADDECCO
RINGTOWN, 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 (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated October 1, 2003 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at A & E Products Group, LP,
Ringtown, Pennsylvania. The workers produce metal and plastic
hangers for the textile industry.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of hangers to a
country (Honduras) that is a beneficiary country under the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
The subject firm also leased some of its production workers
from American Personnel Service, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, One
Source Staffing, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Advance Personnel,
Reading, Pennsylvania, Adecco, Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Manpower,
Pottsville, Pennsylvania to produce hangers.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, 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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in
production from the subject firm to Honduras of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of A & E Products Group, LP, Ringtown,
Pennsylvania, and leased workers of American Personnel
Service, One Source Staffing, Advance Personnel, Adecco and
Manpower producing hangers at A & E Products Group, LP,
Ringtown, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 15, 2002
through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 14th day of October, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance