DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,673

ACME ELECTRIC
LUMBERTON OPERATIONS
A DIVISION OF ACTUANT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM MEGA FORCE TEMPORARIES
LUMBERTON, 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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 11, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Acme Electric, Lumberton Operations, a division of Actuant
Corporation, Lumberton, North Carolina. Workers at the subject
firm produce dry type transformers and power conditioning products;
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
Additionally, the worker group consists of on-site, leased
workers from Mega Force Temporaries, Lumberton, North Carolina.
The investigation revealed a significant number or proportion
of workers at the subject firm are threatened to become separated
from employment.
The subject firm is shifting a portion of its dry type
transformer productions from Lumberton, North Carolina 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.
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 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 Acme Electric, Lumberton Operations, a
division of Actuant Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Mega Force Temporaries, Lumberton, North Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after July 11, 2007 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 14th day of August 2008


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