DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,189

TECUMSEH COMPRESSOR COMPANY
NORTH AMERICAN COMPRESSOR ENGINEERING GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF TECUMSEH PRODUCT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

TA-W-81,189A

TECUMSEH COMPRESSOR COMPANY
NORTH AMERICAN COMPRESSOR ENGINEERING GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF TECUMSEH PRODUCT COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TECUMSEH, MICHIGAN

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 December 22, 2011 on behalf of workers of Tecumseh
Compressor Company, North American Compressor Engineering Group,
a subsidiary of Tecumseh Product Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan
(TA-W-81,189) and Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American
Compressor Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Tecumseh Product
Company, Tecumseh, Michigan (TA-W-81,189A) (Tecumseh Compressor
Company). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of refrigerating compressors, parts of
compressors, condensing units and parts of condensing units,
specifically the design and testing of refrigerating compressors,
parts of compressors, condensing units and parts of condensing
units.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the firm’s customers.
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
production of tested refrigerating compressors, parts of
compressors, condensing units and parts of condensing units by
the firm have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by the firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Tecumseh
Compressor Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tecumseh Compressor
Company, North American Compressor Engineering Group, a
subsidiary of Tecumseh Product Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan (TA-
W-81,189) and Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American
Compressor Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Tecumseh Product
Company, Tecumseh, Michigan (TA-W-81,189A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of tested refrigerating
compressors, parts of compressors, condensing units and parts of
condensing units 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 Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American
Compressor Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Tecumseh
Product Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan (TA-W-81,189) and
Tecumseh Compressor Company, North American Compressor
Engineering Group, a subsidiary of Tecumseh Product Company,
Tecumseh, Michigan (TA-W-81,189A), 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 4th day of April, 2012.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance