DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,116

COOPER INDUSTRIES
COOPER POWER SYSTEMS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK STAFFING
PEWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 January 19, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cooper Industries, Cooper Power Systems Division,
Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek Staffing. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of line installation and
protective equipment for electrical utility companies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cooper
Industries, Cooper Power Systems Division, who are engaged in
activities related to production of line installation and
protective equipment, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the at the workers' firm are threatened with
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has committed to shift 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 has contributing importantly to the threatened
worker group separations at the Pewaukee, Wisconsin facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Industries,
Cooper Power Systems Division, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek Staffing, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
activities related to production of line installation and
protective equipment, 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 Cooper Industries, Cooper Power Systems
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
Staffing, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 18,
2010, 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 March, 2011


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