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TAW-74418  /  Husqvarna Outdoor Products, Inc. (Texarkana, TX)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/30/2009
Filed Date: 07/21/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/05/2010
Determination Date: 10/05/2010
Expiration Date: 10/05/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,418

HUSQVARNA OUTDOOR PRODUCTS, INC.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS

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 July 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of Husqvarna Outdoor
Products, Inc., Texarkana, Texas (Husqvarna). The workers are
engaged in activities related to computer-aided design (CAD) for
lawn and garden equipment to be produced by Husqvarna. Workers
are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of Husqvarna who
are engaged in activities related to the production of computer-
aided design (CAD) for lawn and garden equipment to be produced
by Husqvarna meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm have been separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because Husqvarna has shifted to
a foreign country some computer-aided design (CAD) activities
like or directly competitive with activities supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of computer-
aided design (CAD) work by Husqvarna contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Husqvarna.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts Husqvarna Outdoor
Products, Inc., Texarkana, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the computer-aided design (CAD) for lawn and garden
equipment to be produced by Husqvarna 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 Husqvarna Outdoor Products, Inc.,
Texarkana, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 30, 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 5th day of October, 2010.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance