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TAW-74224  /  DRS Mobile Environmental Systems Company (Cincinnati, OH)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 06/10/2009
Filed Date: 06/10/2010
Most Recent Update: 02/02/2011
Determination Date: 02/02/2011
Expiration Date: 02/02/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,224

DRS MOBILE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
AEROTEK, AND BELCAN CORPORATION
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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(c) of the Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can
be satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 10, 2010, by a State Workforce Representative on
behalf of workers of DRS Mobile Environmental Systems Company,
a subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals, Aerotek,
and Belcan Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio. The workers produce
trailers, shelter containers, and environmental control units.
The investigation revealed that workers of DRS Mobile
Environmental Systems Company, who are engaged in employment
related to production of trailers, shelter containers, and
environmental control units, meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been totally or partially separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because DRS Mobile
Environmental Systems Company, produced and sold trailers,
shelter containers, and environmental control units to a firm
that employed a worker group that is covered by an active
certification, and the trailers, shelter containers, and
environmental control units are related to the article that was
the basis for such certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by DRS Mobile Environmental Systems Company, with the TAA-
certified firm, with respect to trailers, shelter containers,
and environmental control units sold to the TAA-certified
firm, contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Cincinnati, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DRS Mobile
Environmental Systems Company, a subsidiary of DRS
Technologies, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to production of trailers, shelter
containers, and environmental control units, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of DRS Mobile Environmental Systems Company,
a subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Aerotek, and Belcan Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 10, 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 2nd day of February, 2011

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

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