DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,680

KONE INC.
INCLUDES ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
STAFF RIGHT, INC., TECHNIPOWER INC., AND AEROTEK INC.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS

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 the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Kone Inc., McKinney, Texas (Kone Inc.). The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
elevator components. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Staff Right, Inc., Technipower Inc., and Aerotek Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kone Inc. who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
elevator components meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because significant number of
workers at Kone Inc. have been separated from the firm during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the worker's firm has
shifted to a foreign country (Mexico) the production of an
article like or directly competitive with elevator components
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of elevator components to Mexico contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Kone Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kone Inc., including
on-site leased workers of Staff Right, Inc., Technipower Inc.,
and Aerotek Inc., McKinney, Texas, who are engaged in employment
related to elevator components, 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 Kone Inc., including on-site leased workers
of Staff Right, Inc., Technipower Inc., and Aerotek Inc.,
McKinney, Texas, 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 2nd day of September, 2009.


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