DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,807

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SOLUTIONS
SENSING & CONTROL DIVISION
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS

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 a company official on behalf of
workers of Honeywell International, Automation and Control
Solutions, Sensing & Control Division, Freeport, Illinois. The
workers produced switches and transducers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Honeywell
International, who are engaged in employment related to these
products, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated, or are threatened with
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Honeywell International
has or will shift to a foreign country production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers at Freeport.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of switches
and transducers to Mexico and China by Honeywell International
contributed importantly to worker separations at Freeport,
Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Honeywell
International, Automation and Control Solutions, Sensing &
Control Division, Freeport, Illinois, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of switches and
transducers, 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 Honeywell International, Automation and
Control Solutions, Sensing & Control Division, Freeport,
Illinois 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 29th day of October, 2009

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance