DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,663

JOHNSON CONTROLS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER IMECO LLC
NORTH AMERICAN REFRIGERATION
DIXON, ILLINOIS


Amended 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
(Department) issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance on July 27, 2009 applicable to
workers and former workers of Johnson Controls, North American
Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois (subject firm). The workers were
engaged in activities related to the production of air handling
products such as evaporators, condensers, hygienic air handlers,
cooling towers, and fluid coolers. Workers were not separately
identifiable by article produced.
At the request of the State of Illinois, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information revealed that workers separated from the
subject firm had wages reported under the name Imeco LLC.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,663 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of Johnson Controls, including workers whose
wages were reported under Imeco LLC, North American
Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 14,
2008, through July 27, 2011, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on July 27, 2009 through July 27, 2011, 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 September, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,663

JOHNSON CONTROLS
NORTH AMERICAN REFRIGERATION
DIXON, ILLINOIS


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 14, 2009 on behalf of workers of Johnson Controls,
North American Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of air handling
products such as evaporators, condensers, hygienic air handlers,
cooling towers, and fluid coolers. The workers are not
separately identifiable by products produced.
The worker group also includes employees of Johnson
Controls, North American Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois working
from Cypress, California and Staunton, Virginia.
The investigation revealed that workers of Johnson Controls,
North American Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of evaporators, condensers,
hygienic air handlers, cooling towers, and fluid coolers meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent 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 the acquisition of evaporators by Johnson Controls,
North American Refrigeration to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in acquisition
of evaporators by Johnson Controls, North American Refrigeration,
Dixon, Illinois to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations of Johnson Controls, North American Refrigeration,
Dixon, Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Controls,
North American Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois, who are engaged in
employment related to production of evaporators, condensers,
hygienic air handlers, cooling towers, and fluid coolers 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 Johnson Controls, North American
Refrigeration, Dixon, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 14,
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 27th day of July, 2009


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




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