DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,953

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM REMEDY INTELLIGENT
STAFFING, LABOR READY AND DRIVE FORCE TRANSPORTATION
301 N. MACARTHUR BLVD.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

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 September 10, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Franklin Electric Company, Inc., 301 N. MacArthur
Blvd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of light centrifugal
pumps used for de-watering applications in consumer,
commercial and industrial, HVAC & OEM market applications.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Remedy
Intelligent Staffing, Labor Ready and Drive Force
Transportation.
Workers of Franklin Electric Company, Inc., 3810 N. Tulsa
Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are covered under petition TA-
W-74,833 that expires on December 3, 2012.
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 production of light
centrifugal pumps like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers' firm which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Franklin Electric
Company, Inc., 301 N. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Franklin Electric
Company, Inc., 301 N. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of light centrifugal pumps 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 Franklin Electric Company, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Remedy Intelligent
Staffing, Labor Ready and Drive Force Transportation, 301
N. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 5, 2011, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on 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 20th day of September, 2012

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