DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,193
ROBERTSON AIRTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-70,193A
ROBERTSON AIRTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

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 worker
petition filed on May 19, 2009 on behalf of workers of Robertson
Airtech International, Inc., Charlotte and Gastonia, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in the production of
ventilation ducts, air washers, and the servicing of
ventilation, heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Robertson
Airtech International, Inc., Charlotte and Gastonia, North
Carolina who are engaged in employment related to the
production of ventilation ducts and air washers, and in
employment related to the servicing of ventilation, heating,
air conditioning, and refrigeration systems, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to El Salvador and Honduras the production of
articles directly competitive with those supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of ventilation ducts and air washers to El Salvador
and Honduras by Robertson Airtech International, Inc.,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Charlotte and Gastonia facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Robertson Airtech
International, Inc., Charlotte and Gastonia, North Carolina,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
bedding products 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 Robertson Airtech International, Inc.,
Charlotte and Gastonia, North Carolina 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 13th day of July, 2009


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