DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,888

COOPER POWER SYSTEMS
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO AND RANDSTAD
PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 on May 11, 2004 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Cooper
Power Systems, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Workers at the subject firm
produce electrical components.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility leased some
of its production workers from Adecco, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and
Randstad, Waukesha, Wisconsin.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of electrical components from
the Pewaukee, Wisconsin plant to a country (Mexico) that is a party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 was a shift in production from the workers' firm
or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the electrical components produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Cooper Power Systems, including leased workers
from Adecco and Randstad, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, engaged activities
related to the production of electrical components, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May
10, 2003 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 10th day of June, 2004.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance