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TAW-71046  /  Dresser Waukesha (Waukesha, WI)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 06/05/2008
Filed Date: 06/08/2009
Most Recent Update: 05/12/2010
Determination Date: 05/12/2010
Expiration Date: 05/12/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,046

DRESSER WAUKESHA
A DIVISION OF DRESSER, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STIVERS STAFFING SERVICES, ADDISON CLIFTON, AND XEROX
WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 8, 2009 by an official from the International
Association of Machinists, District No. 10 (IAMAW) on behalf of
workers of Dresser Waukesha, a division of Dresser, Inc.,
Waukesha, Wisconsin. The workers produce spark-ignited
gaseous-fueled engines. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Stivers Staffing Services, Addison
Clifton, and Xerox.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dresser Waukesha
who are engaged in employment related to production of spark-
ignited gaseous-fueled engines meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of spark-ignited gaseous-fueled engines by
the firm have decreased absolutely over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
spark-ignited gaseous-fueled engines produced by Dresser
Waukesha have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Dresser Waukesha.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dresser Waukesha, a
division of Dresser, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin, who are engaged
in employment related to production of spark-ignited gaseous-
fueled engines 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 Dresser Waukesha, a division of Dresser,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Stivers
Staffing Services, Addison Clifton, and Xerox, Waukesha,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 5, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the 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 12th day of May, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance