DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,463

SNC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

TA-W-81,463A

ARGUS TECHNICAL SERVICES
WORKING ON-SITE AT
SNC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

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 March 30, 2012 by a company official and the United
Auto Workers (UAW), Local 2132, on behalf of workers of SNC
Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The worker group,
herein known as SNC Manufacturing Company, also consists of
on-site leased workers from Argus Technical Services. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of electrical transformers.
The workers of SNC Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin were covered by a prior Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) certification (TA-W-70,954), which expired on July 24,
2011. The certification did not cover leased workers of Argus
Technical Services working on-site at SNC Manufacturing
Company.
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 SNC Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SNC Manufacturing
Company, including on-site leased workers from Argus Technical
Services, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of electrical transformers 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 SNC Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 25, 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 Argus Technical Services, working on-site
at SNC Manufacturing Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 28, 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 19th day of April, 2012.


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