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TAW-73327  /  Bartlett Corporation (Muncie, IN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/19/2009
Filed Date: 01/21/2010
Most Recent Update: 05/20/2010
Determination Date: 05/20/2010
Expiration Date: 05/20/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,327

BARTLETT CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PRO RESOURCES AND
STAFFMARK
MUNCIE, INDIANA

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 21, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bartlett Corporation, Muncie, Indiana. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of seat sets
and electronics for the automotive industry.
The worker group also encompasses on-site leased workers
from Pro Resources and Staffmark.
The investigation revealed that workers of Bartlett
Corporation in Muncie, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of seat sets and electronics, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers within the workers' group have been
separated or threatened with separations during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met 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
seat sets from Mexico by Bartlett contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Muncie facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bartlett Corporation,
Muncie, Indiana, including on-site leased workers from Pro
Resources and Staffmark, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of seat sets and electronics, 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 Bartlett Corporation, Muncie, Indiana,
including on-site leased workers from Pro Resources and
Staffmark, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 19, 2009, 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 20th day of May, 2010

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance