DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,919
EATON CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
HUNTER STAFFING
MANTUA, OHIO

TA-W-60,919A
EATON CORPORATION
ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
RYAN STAFFING
AURORA, OHIO

TA-W-60,919B
EATON CORPORATION
EXTRUSION DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
RYAN STAFFING
AURORA, OHIO

Notice of Determinations 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 8, 2007, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at the Eaton Corporation, Mantua, Ohio (TA-W-
60,919), and Eaton Corporation, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-60,919A and TA-
W-60,919B). The worker groups also include leased workers of
Hunter Staffing working on-site at Eaton Corporation, Mantua, Ohio,
and leased workers of Ryan Staffing working on-site at Eaton
Corporation, Aurora, Ohio. The workers at both subject facilities
produce thermoplastic hose, tube and assemblies. The workers are
separately identifiable by the Extrusion Department and Assembly
Department at both locations.
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 for the following worker groups.
Eaton Corporation, Mantua, Ohio (all workers) (TA-W-60,919) and
Eaton Corporation, Assembly Department, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-
60,919A):
The declines in employment among all workers at Eaton
Corporation, including on-site leased workers of Hunter Staffing
Mantua, Ohio, (TA-W-60919) and Eaton Corporation, Assembly
Department, including on-site leased workers of Ryan Staffing,
Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-60,919A) were related to shifts in plant
production of thermoplastic hose, tube and assemblies 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 by all workers at the Mantua plant and by the assembly
workers at the Aurora plant.
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.
Eaton Corporation, Extrusion Department, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-
60,919B):
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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation revealed that criteria (I.A) and (II.A) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
separate or threaten to separate a significant number or proportion
of workers at Eaton Corporation, Extrusion Department, including
on-site leased workers of Ryan Staffing, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-
60,919B) as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. The
company in the near future plans to increase the size of that
department by adding to it a number of workers from the Extrusion
Department at their Mantua, Ohio, plant.

In addition, 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 assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
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 those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:








"All workers of the Eaton Corporation, including on-site
leased workers of Hunter Staffing, Mantua, Ohio (TA-W-60,919),
and the Eaton Corporation, Assembly Department, including on-
site leased workers of Ryan Staffing, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-
60,919A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 7, 2006, 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."
I further determine that all workers of the Eaton Corporation,
Extrusion Department, including on-site leased workers of Ryan
Staffing, Aurora, Ohio (TA-W-60,919B), are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of March 2007.


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