DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,246

REXNORD GEAR
HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA

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 January 12, 2010 by an official of the United
Steelworkers on behalf of workers of Rexnord Gear, Horsham,
Pennsylvania. The workers produced speed reducers, gears, and
pinions.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rexnord Gear,
who are engaged in employment related to production of speed
reducers, gears, and pinions, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
gears and pinions by Rexnord Gear contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Horsham, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rexnord Gear,
Horsham, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
production of speed reducers, gears, and pinions, 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 Rexnord Gear, Horsham, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 7, 2009, 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 18th day of May, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

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