DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,933

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
SLI DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
AND COUNTYWIDE STAFFING
READING, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 16, 2010, by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 6996 on behalf of workers of Exide Technologies, SLI
Division, Reading, Pennsylvania. The workers produce lead acid
batteries. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Adecco Employment Services and Countywide Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Exide
Technologies, SLI Division, Reading, Pennsylvania who are
engaged in employment related to production of lead acid
batteries, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of lead acid batteries by Exide Technologies,
SLI Division, Reading, Pennsylvania have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the lead acid batteries produced by the workers' firm
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Exide Technologies, SLI Division, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Exide Technologies,
SLI Division, Reading, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to production of lead acid batteries, 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 Exide Technologies, SLI Division, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco Employment Services and
Countywide Staffing, Reading, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 14, 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 5th day of November, 2010


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