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TAW-80205  /  Nidec Motor Corporation (Frankfort, IN)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 10/28/2010
Filed Date: 05/31/2011
Most Recent Update: 06/20/2011
Determination Date: 06/20/2011
Expiration Date: 06/20/2013

Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,205

NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
APPLIANCE, MOTORS, AND CONTROLS DIVISION
WORKERS WAGES WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
UNDER EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY
FRANKFORT, INDIANA

TA-W-80,205A

LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
WORKING ON-SITE AT NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
FRANKFORT, INDIANA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a Supplier or
Downstream Producer to a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or
production is related to the article that was the
basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the workers'
firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
(or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm (or subdivision) component parts for articles
that were the basis for a certification of eligibility under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of a group of workers
employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 31, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Nidec Motor Corporation, Frankfort, Indiana (Nidec
Motor Corporation). The workers' firm is engaged in the
production of electro-mechanical timers for clothes washers, and
component parts for automobile switches, dryers, and
dishwashers. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Manpower. The workers wages at the subject facility were
previously reported under Emerson Electric Company.
The workers of Nidec Motor Corporation, Frankfort, Indiana,
were previously certified eligible to apply for TAA under TA-W-
64,081 that expired on October 28, 2010. The certification did
not cover on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Nidec Motor
Corporation is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply
is related to the article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the component
parts supplied to the firm that employed a certified worker
group accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of Nidec Motor Corporation.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria have been met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years
of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the
workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers' industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nidec Motor
Corporation, Frankfort, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of electro-mechanical timers for
clothes washers, and component parts for automobile switches,
dryers, and dishwashers, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Nidec Motor Corporation, Frankfort,
Indiana, (TA-W-80,205) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 28, 2010,
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, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended,
AND
All leased workers from Manpower, working on-site at Nidec
Motor Corporation, Frankfort, Indiana, (TA-W-80,205A) who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 26, 2010, 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, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended,
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of June, 2011


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