DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,008

COOPER, CROUSE-HINDS MTL, INC.
DIVISION OF COOPER, CROUSE-HINDS
A SUBSIDIARY OF COOPER INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACCOUNTEMPS TEMPORARY STAFFING AGENCY
WEST MELBOURNE, FLORIDA


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 April 28, 2010, by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers at Cooper, Crouse-Hinds MTL, Inc., Division of Cooper,
Crouse-Hinds, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, West
Melbourne, Florida (Cooper, Crouse-Hinds MTL).
The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of surge protection devices and are not separately
identifiable by product line, and supply accounting services and
are not separately identifiable by accounting service supplied.
The worker group does not include workers who supply sales
services. The worker group also includes on-site leased
workers from Accountemps Temporary Staffing Agency who produce
surge protector devices and supply accounting services.
The petitioner alleges that "production of surge
protection units has been outsourced to Chennai, India.
Accounts receivable and other accounting functions have been
outsourced to Mexico." The petitioner also alleges that the
division at West Melbourne, Florida is "closing (4/30/10)
except sales)."
The investigation revealed that workers of Cooper, Crouse-
Hinds MTL, West Melbourne, Florida, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of surge protection
devices or engaged in employment related to the supply of
accounting services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Cooper, Crouse-Hinds MTL, West
Melbourne, Florida has been totally or partially separated, or
are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted to foreign countries the production of articles
like or directly competitive with surge protection devices
produced by Cooper, Crouse-Hinds MTL and has shifted to
foreign countries the supply of services like or directly
competitive with the accounting services supplied by Cooper,
Crouse-Hinds MTL.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to foreign
countries contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the West Melbourne, Florida facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper, Crouse-Hinds
MTL, West Melbourne, Florida, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of surge protection devices or
engaged in employment related to the supply of accounting
services, 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 Cooper, Crouse-Hinds MTL, Inc., Division
of Cooper, Crouse-Hinds, a subsidiary of Cooper
Industries, on-site leased workers from Accountemps
Temporary Staffing Agency, West Melbourne, Florida, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
surge protection devices or engaged in employment related
to the supply of accounting services and who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 22, 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 2nd day of September, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance