DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,848

INGERSOLL-RAND PLC
RESIDENTIAL SOLUTIONS
FORMERLY DOING BUSINESS AS TRANE
ENGINEERING SERVICES
TYLER, TEXAS

TA-W-72,848A

INGERSOLL-RAND PLC
RESIDENTIAL SOLUTIONS
FORMERLY DOING BUSINESS AS TRANE
ENGINEERING SERVICES
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

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 16, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ingersoll-Rand PLC, Residential Solutions, formerly
doing business as Trane, Engineering Services, Tyler, Texas and
Fort Smith, Arkansas (Residential Solutions). The workers
supply engineering services to Ingersoll-Rand PLC and its
affiliates.
The investigation revealed that workers of Residential
Solutions meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at both subject facilities was totally
or partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Ingersoll-Rand PLC
shifted to a foreign company the supply of services like or
directly competitive with those supplied by the workers at the
subject facilities.
Criterion III has been met because the shift contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Tyler, Texas
and Fort Smith, Arkansas facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ingersoll-Rand PLC,
Residential Solutions, formerly doing business as Trane,
Engineering Services, Tyler, Texas and Fort Smith, Arkansas,
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 Ingersoll-Rand PLC, Residential Solutions,
formerly doing business as Trane, Engineering Services,
Tyler, Texas and Fort Smith, Arkansas, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
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 7th day of May 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance