DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,748

CLEAR EDGE FILTRATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
SKANEATELES, NEW YORK

TA-W-81,748A
CLEAR EDGE FILTRATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM KELLY SERVICES
MORAVIA, NEW YORK

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 25, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Clear Edge Filtration, Skaneateles, New York (TA-W-
81,748) and Clear Edge Filtration, Moravia, New York (TA-W-
81,748A). The workers at the Skaneateles, New York location
produce filter bags, filter belts and filter cloths while
workers at the Moravia, New York location produce filter
cloths, filter bags and dust collector bags. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Kelly Services.
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' firms
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 production of articles
like or directly competitive with the filter bags, filter
belts, filter cloths and dust collector bags produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Skaneateles, New York and Moravia, New York
locations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clear Edge
Filtration, Skaneateles, New York (TA-W-81,748) and Moravia,
New York (TA-W-81,748A), who are engaged in activities related
to production of filter bags, filter belts, filter cloths and
dust collector bags 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 Clear Edge Filtration, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services, Skaneateles, New York
(TA-W-81,748) and Clear Edge Filtration, including on-
site leased workers from Kelly Services, Moravia, New
York (TA-W-81,748A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 20, 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 26th day of July, 2012


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