DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,094

TRANE SPRINGHILL
A DIVISION OF INGERSOLL RAND
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF REMEDY
CULLEN, LOUISIANA

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 December 14, 2009 by the State of Louisiana Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Coordinator on behalf of workers of
Trane Springhill, a Division of Ingersoll Rand, Cullen,
Louisiana (Trane). The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of heating, ventilating and air
conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The worker group includes on-
site leased workers of Remedy.
The investigation revealed that workers of Trane, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of HVAC
equipment, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Trane has been totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm is
shifting to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the HVAC equipment produced by
the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to Mexico contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Cullen, Louisiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trane, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of HVAC
equipment, 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 Trane Springhill, a Division of Ingersoll
Rand, including on-site leased workers of Remedy, Cullen,
Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 11, 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 18th day of May, 2010

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance