DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,465

EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY
APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS DIVISION
SWITCHES DEPARTMENT
PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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 November 21, 2006 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Emerson
Electric Company, Appliance Solutions Division, Switches
Department, Paragould, Arkansas. The workers produce appliance
washer and dryer motors, including their component parts. The
workers are separately identifiable by product. The subject worker
group produces electronic switch assemblies.
Employment of workers producing electronic switch assemblies
decreased between 2004 and 2005 and in January through October of
2006 compared with the same period in 2005.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm has
shifted a significant proportion of production of electronic switch
assemblies to a country (Mexico), which is 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion two has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
facility possess skills that are easily transferable to other
positions in the local area.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine 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 electronic switch
assemblies produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"Workers of Emerson Electric Company, Appliance Solutions
Division, Switches Department, Paragould, Arkansas, engaged in
the production of electronic switch assemblies, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 20, 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."
I further determine that workers of Emerson Electric Company,
Appliance Solutions Division, Switches Department, Paragould,
Arkansas, engaged in the production of electronic switch
assemblies, are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of December 2006

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance