DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,910

CARL ZEISS IMT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AWARD STAFFING, SYSDYNE CORPORATION, OFFICE TEAM, NYCOR,
AJILON FINANCE, AEROTEK STAFFING, CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING,
GKA STAFFING, PRO-STAFF, AND RANSTAD
MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA

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 20, 2009 on behalf of workers of Carl Zeiss
IMT Corporation, Maple Grove, Minnesota. The workers produce
coordinate measuring machines used in the automotive industry
and for other applications. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Award Staffing, Sysdyne Corporation, Office
Team, Nycor, Ajilon Finance, Aerotek Staffing, Creative
Financial Staffing, GKA Staffing, Pro-Staff, and Ranstad.
The investigation revealed that workers Carl Zeiss IMT
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to
production of coordinate measuring machines meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Maple Grove, Minnesota facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carl Zeiss IMT
Corporation, Maple Grove, Minnesota, who are engaged in
employment related to production of coordinate measuring
machines 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 Carl Zeiss IMT Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Award Staffing, Sysdyne
Corporation, Office Team, Nycor, Ajilon Finance, Aerotek
Staffing, Creative Financial Staffing, GKA Staffing, Pro-
Staff, and Ranstad, Maple Grove, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 18, 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 15th day of July, 2010

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance