DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,930

SANDVIK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
SPRING PRODUCTION UNIT
A DIVISION OF SANDVIK INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, ONE SOURCE
STAFFING SOLUTIONS, AND COMPLETE STAFFING SERVICES INC.
CLARKS SUMMIT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 3, 2009 by the Laborers International Union;
Local 130, on behalf of workers of Sandvik Materials
Technology, Spring Production Unit, a division of Sandvik
Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania (SMT-s). The workers produce
springs.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers
from Manpower, One Source Staffing Solutions, and Complete
Staffing Services, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of SMT-s who are
engaged in employment related to production of springs meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at SMT-Spring have been separated based
on May 2009 employment levels compared to employment levels of
May 2008.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of springs to Mexico by SMT-Springs contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Sandvik Materials
Technology, Spring Production Unit, a division of Sandvik
Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sandvik Materials
Technology, Spring Production Unit, a division of Sandvik
Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to production of springs 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 Sandvik Materials Technology, Spring
Production Unit, a division of Sandvik Inc., Clarks
Summit, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, One Source Staffing Solutions, and Complete
Staffing Services, Inc., who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 26, 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 18th day of August, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance