DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,304

BRISTOL COMPRESSORS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BRIGHT SERVICES
BRISTOL, VIRGINIA

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 February 7, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Bristol Compressors International, Inc., Bristol,
Virginia. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of reciprocating compressors and heating pumps
for air conditioning and refrigeration. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Bright Staffing.
The worker group was previously denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance on February 3, 2012 based on “no sales
or production decline”.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and a customer of the 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of reciprocating compressors and heating
pumps by Bristol Compressors International, Inc., Bristol,
Virginia have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of reciprocating compressors and heating pumps like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by Bristol
Compressors International, Inc., Bristol, Virginia have
increased. The Department surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding purchases of reciprocating
compressors and heating pumps for 2009, 2010 and 2011. The
surveys revealed increased imports during the relevant period.
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
Bristol Compressors International, Inc., Bristol, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bristol Compressors
International, Inc., Bristol, Virginia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of reciprocating
compressors and heating pumps 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 Bristol Compressors International, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Bright Staffing,
Bristol, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 7, 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.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of February, 2012

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