DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,764

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
PERU, INDIANA

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 29, 2012 by Union: International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 90 on behalf of
workers of Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Peru, Indiana
(Schneider Electric). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of electric distribution
panels for the commercial market.
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 is in the process of shifting to a foreign country the
production of an article like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers, which is contributing
importantly to the worker group separations at Schneider.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schneider Electric
USA, Inc., Peru, Indiana, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of electric distribution panels for
the commercial market 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 Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Peru,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 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 6th day of August, 2012.


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