DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,111A

ALTERNATIVE STAFFING
FORMERLY KNOWN AS FIRST CHOICE STAFFING
WORKING ON-SITE AT
AMETEK NATIONALS CONTROLS CORPORATION
INSTRUMENTATION AND SPECIALITY CONTROLS DIVISION
WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on December 14, 2011, First Choice Staffing working
on-site at Ametek Nationals Controls Corporation, Instrumentation
and Specialty Control Division, West Chicago, Illinois. The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the Federal
Register on December 21, 2011 (Vol. 76, No. 245, FR 79221).
At the request of the state workforce official, the
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers are engaged in the production of foodservice
OEM (Original Equipment Manager) controls and stand-alone timers,
industrial process controls, controls for industrial air filters,
and controls for environmental dust collectors.
The review shows that on December 14, 2011, a certification
of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance was issued for
all workers of Alternative Staffing formerly known as First
Choice Staffung working on-site at Ametek Nationals Controls
Corporation, Instrumentation and Specialty Control Division, West
Chicago, Illinois, separated from employment on or after February
13, 2010 through December 14, 2013. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on December 21, 2011 (Vol. 76, No. 245, FR
79221).
New information shows that the leasing agency formerly known
as First Choice Staffing currently operates under a new name,
Alternative Staffing. Accordingly, the Department is amending
this certification to properly reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,111A is hereby
issued as follows:









“All workers of Alternate Staffing, formerly known as First
Choice Staffing working on-site at Ametek Nationals Controls
Corporation, Instrumentation and Specialty Control Division,
West Chicago, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 14, 2010,
through December 14, 2013, 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 28th day of June, 2012.

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

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,111

AMETEK NATIONAL CONTROLS CORPORATION
INSTRUMENTATION AND SPECIALTY CONTROLS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMETEK, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFF FORCE AND MANPOWER
WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TA-W-81,111A

FIRST CHOICE STAFFING
WORKING ON-SITE AT
AMETEK NATIONAL CONTROLS CORPORATION
INSTRUMENTATION AND SPECIALTY CONTROLS DIVISION
WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 28, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ametek National Controls Corporation, Instrumentation
and Specialty Controls Division, a subsidiary of Ametek, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staff Force and Manpower,
West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-81,111) and First Choice Staffing,
working on-site at Ametek National Controls Corporation,
Instrumentation and Specialty Controls Division, West Chicago,
Illinois (TA-W-81,111A) (Ametek West Chicago). The workers’ firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of foodservice
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) controls and stand-alone
timers, industrial process controls, controls for industrial air
filters, and controls for environmental dust collectors.
The worker group, Ametek National Controls Corporation,
Instrumentation and Specialty Controls Division, a subsidiary of
Ametek, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Staff Force
and Manpower, West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-81,111), was certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under
petition number TA-W-71,957, which expired on October 8, 2011.
First Choice Staffing, Instrumentation and Specialty Controls
Division, working on-site at Ametek National Controls
Corporation, West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-81,111A) was not
included in the TAA certified worker group under petition number
TA-W-71,957.
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(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers’ firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Ametek West Chicago.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ametek National
Controls Corporation, Instrumentation and Specialty Controls
Division, a subsidiary of Ametek, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Staff Force and Manpower, West Chicago, Illinois
(TA-W-81,111) and First Choice Staffing, working on-site at
Ametek National Controls Corporation, Instrumentation and
Specialty Controls Division, West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-
81,111A), who are engaged in activities related to the production
of foodservice OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) controls and
stand-alone timers, industrial process controls, controls for
industrial air filters, and controls for environmental dust
collectors 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 Ametek National Controls Corporation,
Instrumentation and Specialty Controls Division, a
subsidiary of Ametek, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Staff Force and Manpower, West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-
81,111), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 9, 2011, 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,
AND
All workers of First Choice Staffing, Instrumentation and
Specialty Controls Division, working on-site at Ametek
National Controls Corporation, West Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-
81,111A), 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 14th day of December, 2011.


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







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