DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,809

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
AUTOMATION & CONTROL SOLUTIONS
SENSING & CONTROL DIVISION
WORKERS PRODUCING COMMERCIAL THERMOSTATS
WOONSOCKET, 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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of producing commercial thermostats at Honeywell
International, Automation & Control Solutions, Sensing & Control
Division, Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Workers producing commercial
thermostats are separately identifiable from others at the
facility.
The investigation revealed that workers of Honeywell
International in Woonsocket who are engaged in employment
related to commercial thermostats 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 shifted to a foreign country production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers at Woonsocket.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
commercial thermostats to China by Honeywell International
contributed importantly to worker separations at Woonsocket,
Rhode Island.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Honeywell
International, Automation & Control Solutions, Sensing & Control
Division, Woonsocket, Rhode Island who are engaged in employment
related to the production of commercial thermostats 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 producing commercial thermostats at Honeywell
International, Automation & Control Solutions, Sensing &
Control Division, Woonsocket, 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 22nd day of October, 2009

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