DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,798

BARNES AEROSPACE
WINDSOR AIRMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM KFORCE
EAST GRANBY, CONNECTICUT

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 9, 2009, by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Barnes Aerospace, Windsor Airmotive
Division, East Granby, Connecticut. The workers provide jet
engine repair and maintenance services. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from KForce.
The investigation revealed that workers of Barnes Aerospace
who are engaged in employment related to jet engine repair and
maintenance services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of jet
engine repair and maintenance services to Singapore by Barnes
Aerospace contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the East Granby, Connecticut facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Barnes Aerospace,
Windsor Airmotive Division, East Granby, Connecticut, who are
engaged in employment related to jet engine repair and
maintenance services 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 Barnes Aerospace, Windsor Airmotive
Division, including on-site leased workers from KForce,
East Granby, Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 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 30th day of March, 2010


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