DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,000

PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
RACOR DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK AND AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL
BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 24, 2012 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and
Ambassador Personnel, Beaufort, South Carolina (subject firm).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of fuel and oil filtration systems.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm via electronic mail and a
business data request.
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)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
fuel and oil filtration systems produced by the subject firm
have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parker Hannifin
Corporation, Racor Division, Beaufort, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of fuel and
oil filtration systems, 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 Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek
and Ambassador Personnel, Beaufort, South Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 24, 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 9th day of November, 2012


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance