DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,014

LEVITON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc., Warwick, Rhode
Island. The workers provide distribution services and assemble
residential wiring and electrical device displays for
customers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Leviton
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Warwick, Rhode Island who are
engaged in employment related to residential wiring and
electrical device display assembly meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the worker group was separated within the last year.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted a significant portion of the assembly of residential
wiring and electrical device displays from Warwick, Rhode
Island to China and Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of residential wiring and electrical device
displays to China and Mexico by the subject firm contributed
importantly to worker group separations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leviton Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Warwick, Rhode Island, who are engaged in
employment related to residential wiring and electrical device
display assembly meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
Warwick, Rhode Island, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of August, 2009


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