DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,671

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
OES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM VOLT, AND VICTORY PERSONNEL
MILWAUKEE, 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:
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 July 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Rockwell Automation, OES Division, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin (Rockwell Automation). The workers produce starters,
relays, switches, and thermoplastic molded parts for the
automotive industry. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Volt and Victory Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rockwell
Automation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of starters, relays, switches, and thermoplastic
molded parts meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied 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.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of starters, relays, switches, and thermoplastic
molded parts to Mexico by Rockwell Automation contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Milwaukee,
Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rockwell Automation,
OES Division, including on-site leased workers from Volt and
Victory Personnel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of starters, relays,
switches, and thermoplastic molded parts 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, OES Division,
including on-site leased workers from Volt and Victory
Personnel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 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 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 30th day of September, 2009



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