DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,611

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
KNIGHTDALE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 September 10, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Schneider Electric USA, Knightdale, North Carolina.
The workers produce electrical control panels and enclosed
drives to control the distribution of electricity in
commercial, industrial, and OEM applications. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Volt Staffing
Solutions.
The investigation further revealed that workers of
Schneider Electric USA, who are engaged in employment related
to production of electrical control panels and enclosed
drives, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has committed to shift to a foreign country the production of
an article like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Schneider Electric USA contributed importantly
to threatened worker group separations at the Knightdale,
North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schneider Electric
USA, Knightdale, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to production of electrical control panels and enclosed
drives, 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 Schneider Electric USA, including on-site
leased workers from Volt Staffing Solutions, Knightdale,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 27, 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 6th day of October, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance