DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,257

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
DEPARTMENTS 411 AND 445
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER,
AEROTEK, ADECCO, VICTORY PERSONNEL AND VOLT
MEQUON, 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 September 10, 2009 by one-stop operator partner on
behalf of workers of Rockwell Automation, Departments 411 and
445, Mequon, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production and testing of automation motor
drives. The worker group includes on-site leased workers of
Manpower, Aerotek, Adecco, Victory Personnel and Volt.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rockwell
Automation, Departments 411 and 445, Mequon, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in employment related to the production and testing of
automation motor drives, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers in Departments 411 and 445 have become separated during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Mequon, Wisconsin location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Rockwell Automation contributed
importantly to the worker separations at the Mequon, Wisconsin
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rockwell Automation,
Departments 411 and 445, Mequon, Wisconsin, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Aerotek, Adecco, Victory
Personnel and Volt, 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 Rockwell Automation, Departments 411 and
445, including on-site leased workers of Manpower,
Aerotek, Adecco, Victory Personnel and Volt, Mequon,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 9, 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 8th day of January, 2010


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