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TAW-50168  /  Square D Company (Knightdale, NC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 11/20/2001
Filed Date: 11/22/2002
Most Recent Update: 12/13/2002
Determination Date: 12/13/2002
Expiration Date: 12/13/2004

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,168

SQUARE D COMPANY
RALEIGH PLANT
KNIGHTDALE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 in response to a petition
received on November 22, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Square D Company, Raleigh Plant, Knightdale,
North Carolina. The workers produce adjustable frequency drives and
starters.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of adjustable
frequency drives and starters to a country (Mexico) that is a party
to a free trade agreement with the United States.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Square D Company, Raleigh Plant, Knightdale,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 2001 through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of December, 2002.



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