DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,058

GARDNER DENVER
THOMAS PRODUCTS DIVISION
SHEBOYGAN, 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 August 18, 2009 by an official from the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on behalf of workers
of Gardner Denver - Thomas Products Division, Sheboygan,
Wisconsin. The workers produce fluid transfer equipment such as
portable air compressors and parts, nebulizers and parts,
vacuum pumps, and aspirators.
The investigation revealed that workers of Gardner Denver -
Thomas Products Division in Sheboygan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of fluid transfer
equipment, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of the workers have been separated or are threatened with
separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
directly competitive with the articles supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of fluid transfer equipment to China by Gardner
Denver Thomas contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Sheboygan facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gardner Denver -
Thomas Products Division, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of portable air
compressors and parts, vacuum pumps, aspirators, and
nebulizers and 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 Gardner Denver - Thomas Products Division,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 13, 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 23rd day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance