DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,962

COPELAND CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PERSONAL SERVICES UNLIMITED
SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 March 6, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Copeland Corporation, Shelby, North Carolina. The workers produce
compressors and components for commercial refrigeration and air
conditioning units.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on April 6, 2006 (TA-W-58,610). That
certification will expire on April 6, 2008.

This investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility has declined in the last year, and further separations are
anticipated in coming months.
The subject firm is continuing to phase out domestic
operations at the Shelby facility as a result of a shift in
production of compressors and components for commercial
refrigeration and air conditioning units to Belgium and China. A
major portion of the production shifted abroad is destined to be
imported into the United States for sale to customers here.
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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Belgium and China of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely
to be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive


articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Copeland Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Personal Services Unlimited, Shelby, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 7, 2008 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 April 2008

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