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TAW-71565  /  Marinco Electrical Group (Napa, CA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/03/2008
Filed Date: 07/07/2009
Most Recent Update: 01/29/2010
Determination Date: 01/29/2010
Expiration Date: 01/29/2012


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,565

MARINCO ELECTRICAL GROUP
KEY COMPONENTS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ACTUANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ENTERFORCE
NAPA, CALIFORNIA

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. (Set forth in 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 July 7, 2009 on behalf of workers of Marinco Electrical
Group, Key Components Inc., a subsidiary of Actuant, Napa,
California (Marinco). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of electrical wiring devices. The
workers are not separately identifiable by products produced.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
Enterforce.
The investigation revealed that workers of Marinco who are
engaged in activities related to the production of electrical
wiring devices meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of electrical wiring devices by Marinco to
Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of electrical wiring devices by Marinco to Mexico contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Marinco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Marinco Electrical
Group, Key Components Inc., a subsidiary of Actuant, including
on-site leased workers from Enterforce, Napa, California, who
are engaged in activities related to production of electrical
wiring devices, 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 Marinco Electrical Group, Key Components
Inc., a subsidiary of Actuant, including on-site leased
workers from Enterforce, Napa, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 3, 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 29th day of January, 2010


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