DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,305

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, AEROTEK,
VICTORY PERSONNEL
SUMNER, IOWA

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 19, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Rockwell Automation, Sumner, Iowa (Rockwell-Sumner).
The workers produce industrial automation motor drives.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Aerotek, Victory Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rockwell-Sumner
who are engaged in employment related to industrial automation
motor drives meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Rockwell-Sumner have been separated
during the relevant period.
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 group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
industrial automation motor drives to Mexico and China by
Rockwell-Sumner contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rockwell Automation, Sumner, Iowa.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rockwell Automation,
Sumner, Iowa, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Aerotek, Victory Personnel, who are engaged in employment
related to industrial automation motor drives 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 Rockwell Automation, Sumner, Iowa,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Aerotek,
Victory Personnel, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 17, 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 5th day of August, 2009.


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