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TAW-72112  /  Micro Motion, Inc., (Boulder, CO)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/18/2008
Filed Date: 08/25/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/19/2010
Determination Date: 03/19/2010
Expiration Date: 03/19/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,112

MICRO MOTION, INC.
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFING SOLUTIONS,
AORIST, TEK SYSTEMS, HL YOH, AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
BOULDER, COLORADO

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 25, 2009 on behalf of workers of Micro Motion,
Inc., Emerson Process Management division, Boulder, Colorado
(Micro Motion). The workers produce coriolis flow meters used
as measuring devices in the oil, gas, food, beverage, and
chemical industries. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Staffing Solutions, Aorist, Tek Systems, HL Yoh,
and independent contractors.
The investigation revealed that workers of Micro Motion who
are engaged in activities related to the production of coriolis
flow meters meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China and Mexico contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Micro Motion.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Micro Motion, Inc., a
Emerson Process Management division, Boulder, Colorado,
including on-site leased workers from Staffing Solutions,
Aorist, Tek Systems, HL Yoh, and independent contractors who are
engaged in activities related to the production of coriolis flow
meters 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 Micro Motion, Inc., Emerson Process
Management division, Boulder, Colorado, including on-site
leased workers from Staffing Solutions, Aorist, Tek
Systems, HL Yoh, and independent contractors, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 17 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 19th day of March, 2010


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