DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,913

SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION
NORWOOD MOTOR FACILITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM GUIDANT
NORWOOD, OHIO

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 August 4, 2009 by the International Union of
Electronics, Chapter 84765, on behalf of workers of Siemens
Energy & Automation, Norwood Motor Facility, Norwood, Ohio
(Siemens). The workers produce electric industrial motors.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
Guidant.
The investigation revealed that workers of Siemens who are
engaged in employment related to production of electric
industrial motors meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the subject firm 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 articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of electric industrial motors to Germany by Siemens
Energy & Automation contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Norwood, Ohio facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Siemens Energy &
Automation, Norwood Motor Facility, including on-site leased
workers from Guidant, Norwood, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to production of electric industrial motors,
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 Siemens Energy & Automation, Norwood Motor
Facility, including on-site leased workers from Guidant,
Norwood, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 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 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 28th day of September, 2009


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