DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,716

PRATT & WHITNEY
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MATERIAL SPECIALISTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM THE BERND GROUP
MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT

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 June 14, 2012 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corporation, Global Supply Chain Material
Specialists, including on-site leased workers from the Bernd
Group, Middletown, Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of aircraft. The
worker group is engaged in the supply of support services
related to purchasing and warehousing of jet engines.
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 supply of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Pratt & Whitney, Global Supply Chain Material
Specialists.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pratt & Whitney, a
subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, Global Supply
Chain Material Specialists, including on-site leased workers
from the Bernd Group, Middletown, Connecticut, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of support services, 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 Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corporation, Global Supply Chain Material
Specialists, including on-site leased workers from the
Bernd Group, Middletown, Connecticut, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June
12, 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 21st day of September, 2012.

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