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TAW-73396  /  Ingersoll-Rand (Bristol, CT)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 01/26/2009
Filed Date: 02/02/2010
Most Recent Update: 06/23/2010
Determination Date: 06/23/2010
Expiration Date: 06/23/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,396

INGERSOLL-RAND/HARROW PRODUCTS, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS LOCKNETICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MONROE STAFFING SERVICES, ADECCO USA, INC., AND INFINISTAFF, LLC
BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on June 23, 2010, applicable to workers of Ingersoll-
Rand, formerly known as Locknetics, Security Technologies
Division, Bristol, Connecticut. The notice will be published
soon in the Federal Register.
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of electronic security devices for
commercial applications.
New information shows that workers leased from Monroe
Staffing Services, Adecco USA, Inc., and Infinistaff, LLC were
employed at the Bristol, Connecticut location of Ingersoll-
Rand/Harrow Products, Inc., formerly known as Locknetics,
Security Technologies Division. The Department has determined
that these workers were sufficiently under the control of
Ingersoll-Rand, formerly known as Locknetics, Security
Technologies Division to be considered leased workers.
Information also shows that Ingersoll Rand purchased Harrow
Products, Inc. in 1999, and as a result, some workers separated
from employment at the subject firm had their wages reported
under a separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account under
the name Harrow Products, Inc.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to property reflect these matters.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by a
shift in production of electronic security devices for commercial
applications to Mexico.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-73,396 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Ingersoll-Rand/Harrow Products, Inc.,
formerly known as Locknetics, Security Technologies Division
including on-site leased workers from Monroe Staffing
Services, Adecco USA, Inc., and Infinistaff, LLC, Bristol,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 26, 2009 through June 23, 2012, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of July 2010.

Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,396

INGERSOLL-RAND
FORMERLY KNOWN AS LOCKNETICS
SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION
BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT

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 February 2, 2010 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Ingersoll-Rand, formerly known as Locknetics,
Security Technologies Division, Bristol, Connecticut. The
workers produced electronic security devices for commercial
applications.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ingersoll-Rand,
who are engaged in employment related to production of electronic
security devices, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
by Ingersoll-Rand contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Bristol, Connecticut facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ingersoll-Rand,
formerly known as Locknetics, Security Technologies Division,
Bristol, Connecticut, who are engaged in employment related to
production of electronic security devices, 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 Ingersoll-Rand, formerly known as
Locknetics, Security Technologies Division, Bristol,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 26, 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 23rd day of June, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance



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