DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment of Training Administration

TA-W-64,932

PRATT AND WHITNEY, INC.
MAINTENANCE DATA SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT GROUP
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determinations 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on February 22, 2009, in
response to a petition filed by the Connecticut State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of Pratt and Whitney, Maintenance Data
Services and Equipment Group, East Hartford, Connecticut. The
workers in the subject group produce (design) tooling used in the
production of military jet engines at the East Hartford site.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B),
(a)(2)(A)(I.C) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
Sales and production of jet engines increased at the subject
firm in 2008, and the company reported no imports of military jet
engines.
The petition alleges that tooling design work was shifted from
the Maintenance Data Services and Equipment Group to foreign
countries, including India. The investigation revealed, however,
that that was not the case. Although a limited amount of tooling
design done by workers in the group was transferred to affiliated
domestic firms, resulting in separations within the group, the
subject firm did not shift design tooling to a foreign country, and
it did not import this product.
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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Pratt and Whitney,
Maintenance Data Services and Equipment Group, East Hartford,
Connecticut, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of March 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance