DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,441

HAGEMEYER NORTH AMERICA
EL PASO BRANCH
EL PASO, 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 29, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hagemeyer North America, El Paso Branch, El Paso,
Texas. The workers are engaged in activities related to
distribution services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hagemeyer North
America, El Paso Branch, El Paso, Texas, who are engaged in
activities related to distribution services meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been satisfied because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated or are
threatened with separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted distribution services to a foreign country during
the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the El
Paso Branch.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Hagemeyer North
America, El Paso Branch, El Paso, Texas, who are engaged in
distribution 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 Hagemeyer North America, El Paso Branch, El
Paso, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 19, 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 11th day of August, 2010

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

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