DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,079

AMETEK AEROSPACE SEATTLE SUPPORT CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF AEROTEK COMMERCIAL
STAFFING AND WESTECH TECHNICAL STAFFING
MUKILTEO, WASHINGTON

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 9, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ametek Aerospace Seattle Support Center, Mukilteo,
Washington. The workers produced and repaired aerospace
indicators and sensors. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers of Aerotek Commercial Staffing and Westech
Technical Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ametek Aerospace
Seattle Support Center, Mukilteo, Washington who are engaged
in employment related to the production and repair of
aerospace indicators and sensors meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers are threatened with separation during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Ametek, Inc. has
shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production/repair of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced or repaired by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of a portion
of production/repair of aerospace indicators and sensors to
Mexico by Ametek, Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ametek Aerospace Seattle Support Center,
Mukilteo, Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ametek Aerospace
Seattle Support Center, Mukilteo, Washington, including on-site
leased workers of Aerotek Commercial Staffing and Westech
Technical Staffing who are engaged in employment related to the
production and repair of aerospace indicators and sensors 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 Ametek Aerospace Seattle Support Center,
Mukilteo, Washington, including on-site leased workers of
Aerotek Commercial Staffing and Westech Technical
Staffing, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 8, 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 11th day of September, 2009

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