DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,779

KENCO LOGISTIC SERVICES, LLC
ELECTROLUX AMES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
AMES, IOWA

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 November 6, 2009 on behalf of workers of Kenco Logistic
Services, LLC, Electrolux Ames, Ames, Iowa. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of concrete
counterweights for laundry machines. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kenco Logistic
Services, who are engaged in employment related to production
of concrete counterweights, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become totally or partially separated during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
concrete counterweights produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Ames, Iowa facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kenco Logistic
Services, LLC, Electrolux Ames, Ames, Iowa, who are engaged in
employment related to production of concrete counterweights,
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 Kenco Logistic Services, LLC, Electrolux
Ames, including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Ames,
Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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