DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,968

BRADY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA

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 December 8, 2010, by a State Workforce Coordinator on
behalf of workers of Brady Corporation, Brooklyn Park,
Minnesota (Brady). The workers produce label printers. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Brady,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
label printers, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Brady has been totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Brady has shifted to a
foreign country the production of articles like or directly
competitive with the label printers produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Brooklyn Park facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Brady Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Brooklyn Park,
Minnesota, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of label printers, 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 Brady Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 6, 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 10th day of February, 2011



/s/Del-Min Amy Chen__________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance