DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,737

MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
AKRON, OHIO

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 29, 2009 by United Autoworkers Local 856
representatives on behalf of workers of Meggitt Aircraft
Braking Systems Corporation, Akron, Ohio. The workers are
engaged in the production of aircraft wheels, brakes, and
braking systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Meggitt Aircraft
Braking Systems Corporation, who are engaged in employment
related to aircraft wheels, brakes, and braking 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 a portion of the production from the Akron
facility to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of aircraft
wheels, brakes, and braking systems to Mexico by Meggitt
Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Meggitt Aircraft Braking
Systems Corporation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Meggitt Aircraft
Braking Systems Corporation, Akron, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to aircraft wheels, brakes, and braking
systems, 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 Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems
Corporation, Akron, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 19, 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 17th day of November, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance