DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,977

PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
HYDRAULIC VALVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER TEMPORARY AGENCY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 11, 2009 on behalf of workers of Parker
Hannifin Corporation, Hydraulic Valve Division, Forest City,
North Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of hydraulic valves. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower Temporary Agency.
The investigation revealed that workers of Parker Hannifin
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
hydraulic valves meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were separated 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 to China and India by Parker Hannifin contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Forest City,
North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parker Hannifin
Corporation, Hydraulic Valve Division, Forest City, North
Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of hydraulic valves 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 Parker Hannifin Corporation, Hydraulic
Valve Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower Temporary Agency, Forest City, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 6, 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 4th day of March, 2010

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