DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,097

EATON CORPORATION
Including the following Departments: ASSEMBLY, PAINTING, MATERIAL
HANDLING, AND INSPECTION AND TESTING
Including leased workers of MANPOWER
HUTCHINSON, KANSAS

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 September 18, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Eaton Corporation in the following Departments:
Assembly, Painting, Material Handling, and Inspection and Testing,
Hutchinson, Kansas. Workers in these areas are separately
identifiable from others doing machining work related to the
production of components at the facility. The workers produce
hydraulic pumps and motors.
The investigation revealed that a large segment of the
workforce at the Hutchinson facility is threatened with separations
related to a shift of production to Mexico that is currently under
way at the firm.
Component production is not being shifted to Mexico and
workers in this area are not covered by this certification.
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 addition, 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 those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"Workers of Eaton Corporation in the following Departments:
Assembly, Painting, Material Handling, and Inspection and
Testing, including leased workers of Manpower, Hutchinson,
Kansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 13, 2005 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 2nd day of October 2006

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance