DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,041

ELDEC CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CRANE COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF VOLT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,
PROTINGENT STAFFING, BIJJAM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND
AEGIS GROUP
LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON

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 May 5, 2010 by a State of Washington Workforce
Official on behalf of workers of Eldec Corporation, a
subsidiary of Crane Company, Lynnwood, Washington. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of
aircraft components. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers of Volt Management Corporation, Protingent Staffing,
Bijjam Information Technologies, Inc. and Aegis Group.
The investigation revealed that workers of Eldec
Corporation, a subsidiary of Crane Company, Lynnwood,
Washington who are engaged in employment related to the
production of aircraft components, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated at the Lynnwood,
Washington location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting a substantial portion of production to a foreign
country of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers' firm at the Lynnwood,
Washington facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Taiwan by Eldec Corporation contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Lynnwood, Washington
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eldec Corporation, a
subsidiary of Crane Company, Lynnwood, Washington 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 Eldec Corporation, a subsidiary of Crane
Company, Lynnwood, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 4,
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 24th day of June, 2010

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance