DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,874

COOPER TOOLS
CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOPER INDUSTRIES
LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-72,875

COOPER TOOLS
CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOPER INDUSTRIES
APEX, NORTH CAROLINA

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. (Set forth in 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 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Tools, Customer Service Division, a subsidiary
of Cooper Industries, Lexington, South Carolina (TA-W-72,874)
(Cooper Lexington) and Cooper Tools, Customer Service Division,
a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Apex, North Carolina (TA-W-
72,875)(Cooper Apex). The workers are engaged in activities
related to customer service, such as order entry. The workers
are not separately identifiable by services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cooper
Lexington(TA-W-72,874) and Cooper Apex (TA-W-72,875) who are
engaged in activities related to customer service meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in customer service by Cooper Lexington (TA-W-72,874) and Cooper
Apex (TA-W-72,875) to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in customer
service by Cooper Lexington (TA-W-72,874) and Cooper Apex (TA-W-
72,875) to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at both facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Tools,
Customer Service Division, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries,
Lexington, South Carolina (TA-W-72,874) and Cooper Tools,
Customer Service Division, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries,
Apex, North Carolina (TA-W-72,875), who are engaged in
activities related to customer service, 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 Cooper Tools, Customer Service Division, a
subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Lexington, South Carolina
(TA-W-72,874) and Cooper Tools, Customer Service Division,
a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Apex, North Carolina
(TA-W-72,875), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 16, 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 9th day of March, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance