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TAW-74924  /  Cessna Aircraft Company (Wichita, KS)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 11/11/2009
Filed Date: 11/24/2010
Most Recent Update: 01/07/2011
Determination Date: 01/07/2011
Expiration Date: 01/07/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,924

CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF TEXTRON, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MANPOWER AND AEROTEK
WICHITA, KANSAS

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 November 24, 2010, on behalf of workers of Cessna
Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron, Inc., Wichita,
Kansas. The workers produce aircraft and aircraft parts. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Aerotek.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Cessna
Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, who are engaged in
employment related to production of aircraft and aircraft
parts, meet the criteria for 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 satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Wichita, Kansas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cessna Aircraft
Company, a subsidiary of Textron, Inc., Wichita, Kansas, who
are engaged in employment related to production of aircraft and
aircraft parts, 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 Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of
Textron, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Manpower and Aerotek, Wichita, Kansas, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
11, 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 7th day of January, 2011

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