DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,251

SPERIAN FALL PROTECTION, INC.
FALL PROTECTION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES, KELLY SERVICES,
AND ALL SEASONS TEMPORARIES
FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 in response to a petition
received on October 6, 2008, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Sperian Fall Protection, Inc., Fall Protection
Division, Franklin, Pennsylvania. The worker group also includes
leased workers of Manpower Temporary Services, Kelly Services, and
All Seasons Temporaries working on-site at Sperian Fall Protection,
Inc., Fall Protection Division, Franklin, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce safety products (harnesses, lanyards and ropes).
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of safety products (harnesses, lanyards
and ropes) to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
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.
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 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.


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 Sperian Fall Protection, Inc., Fall Protection
Division, including on-site leased workers of Manpower
Temporary Services, Kelly Services, and All Seasons
Temporaries, Franklin, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 6,
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
I further determine that all workers of Sperian Fall
Protection, Inc., Fall Protection Division, including on-site
leased workers of Manpower Temporary Services, Kelly Services, and
All Seasons Temporaries, Franklin, Pennsylvania, 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 19th day of November 2008.


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