DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,112

EDWARDS VACUUM, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER AND KFORCE
TEWKSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

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 May 18, 2010 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Edwards Vacuum, Inc., Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The
workers are engaged in activities related to customer care and
finance services. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Manpower and Kforce.
The investigation revealed that workers of Edwards Vacuum,
Inc., Tewksbury, Massachusetts who are engaged in employment
related to customer care and finance services, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Edwards Vacuum,
Inc. has shifted customer care and finance services to a
foreign country during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of customer
care and finance services contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Edwards Vacuum, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Edwards Vacuum, Inc.,
Tewksbury, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related
to customer care and finance 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 Edwards Vacuum, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower and Kforce, Tewksbury,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 17, 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 10th day of August, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance