DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,833

CARRIER CORPORATION
RLCS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
TYLER, TEXAS

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 January 8, 2009, in
response to a petition filed by Sheet Metal Workers International
Association, Local 337, on behalf of workers of Carrier
Corporation, RLCS Division, a subsidiary of United Technologies
Corporation, Tyler, Texas. The workers produce residential and
light commercial HVAC products. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance of the
employment decline at the subject facility is related to a shift in
production of small package products to a country (Mexico) that is
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 conclude 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 Carrier Corporation, RLCS Division, a
subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, Tyler, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 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 26th day of January 2009


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