DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,137

JOHN CRANE, INC.
CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND

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 25, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of John Crane, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island. The
workers produce mechanical sealing devices for use in pumps,
compressors, mixers and associated equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of John Crane Inc.,
Cranston, Rhode Island, who are engaged in activities related
to production of mechanical sealing devices, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened with separation during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has commited to shift to a foreign country production of
articles like or directly competitive with the mechanical
sealing devices produced by the Cranston, Rhode Island
facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to threatened worker group
separations at the Cranston, Rhode Island facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of John Crane, Inc.,
Cranston, Rhode Island, who are engaged in activities related to
production of mechanical sealing devices, 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 John Crane, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 24, 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 15th day of February, 2011


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