DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,159

REGAL BELOIT
MARATHON ELECTRIC/GENERATORS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
SELECT STAFF, STAFF FORCE AND MANPOWER
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

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 by a company official on May 19, 2009 on behalf of the
workers of Regal Beloit, Marathon Electric/Generators Division,
Brownsville, Texas. The workers produced generators and related
parts. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Select Staff, Staff Force and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Marathon
Electric/Generators Division, Brownsville, Texas, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of generators,
electric motors and related parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated in the last year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted a major portion of production of generators,
electric motors and related parts to an affiliated facility in
Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Brownsville, Texas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Regal Beloit,
Marathon Electric/Generators Division, Brownsville, Texas,
including on-site leased workers from Select Staff, Staff Force
and Manpower, who are engaged in employment related to
production of generators, electric motors and related parts
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 Regal Beloit, Marathon Electric/Generators
Division, Brownsville, Texas, including on-site leased
workers from Select Staff, Staff Force and Manpower, 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 31st day of July, 2009


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