DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,060

RODNEY HUNT COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF REXNORD LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MASIELLO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND RELIABLE TEMPS
ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS

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:
(1) 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2011 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Rodney Hunt Company, a subsidiary of
Rexnord LLC, including on-site leased workers from Masiello
Employment Services and Reliable Temps, Orange Massachusetts.
The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of water control equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and publicly available
sources of data.
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(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of water control equipment by Rodney Hunt
Company have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
water control equipment produced by Rodney Hunt Company have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Rodney Hunt Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rodney Hunt
Company, a subsidiary of Rexnord LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Masiello Employment Services and Reliable Temps,
Orange Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of water control 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 Rodney Hunt Company, a subsidiary of
Rexnord LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Masiello Employment Services and Reliable Temps, Orange
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 13, 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 31st day of January, 2012


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