DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,836

HUTCHINSON FTS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER
QUINCY, MICHIGAN

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 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its 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) (A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 18, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Hutchinson FTS Inc., Quincy, Michigan. The workers
of the subject firm produce fluid transfer systems; they are not
separately identifiable along product lines.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales
declined absolutely when comparing the time period of January
through June 2007 against the same period the previous year.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm employs
on-site leased workers of Manpower.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding its purchases of fluid transfer
systems in 2005 and 2006 and January to February 2007. This
survey revealed increased indirect imports of fluid transfer
systems during the period under investigation.
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 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 do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with fluid transfer systems
produced by Hutchinson FTS Inc., Quincy, Michigan, contributed
importantly to the decline in employment and sales at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Hutchinson FTS Inc., Quincy, Michigan,
including on-site leased workers of Manpower at Hutchinson
FTS Inc., Quincy, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 17, 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."

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of September, 2007


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