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TAW-81604  /  Walbar, Inc. (Chandler, AZ)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 05/19/2012
Filed Date: 05/11/2012
Most Recent Update: 06/25/2012
Determination Date: 06/25/2012
Expiration Date: 06/25/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,604

WALBAR, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AMI INDUSTRIES, INC., GOODRICH
PUMP & ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC., AND GOODRICH CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO
CHANDLER, ARIZONA

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 May 11, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Walbar, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMI
Industries, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Goodrich Pump &
Engine Control Systems, Inc., which is a subsidiary of
Goodrich Corporation, Chandler, Arizona (Goodrich). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of turbine engine components. Specifically, the
workers manufacture turbine blades, turbine vanes, turbine
shrouds, disks and impellers. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Adecco. The subject group was
previously certified under TA-W-73,239 which expired on May
18, 2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Goodrich.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Walbar, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of AMI Industries, Inc., which is a
subsidiary of Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems, Inc.,
and which is a subsidiary Goodrich Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Adecco, Chandler, Arizona, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of turbine
engine components 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 Walbar, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of AMI Industries, Inc., which is a subsidiary of
Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems, Inc. and which is
a subsidiary of Goodrich Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Chandler, Arizona, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2012 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 25th day of June, 2012.


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