DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,957

EDMUND OPTICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BEAR STAFFING
AND MANPOWER
PENNSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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 Edmund Optics, Inc., Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. The
worker group herein known as "Edmund Optics, Inc." also
includes on-site leased workers from Bear Staffing and
Manpower. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of optics and optical subcomponents, night
vision assemblies and aspheres. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
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 the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Edmund Optics, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Edmund Optics,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Bear Staffing and
Manpower, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of optics and optical
subcomponents, night vision assemblies and aspheres 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 Edmund Optics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Bear Staffing and Manpower,
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 7, 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 28th day of September, 2012.


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