DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,069

UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND
AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DIVISION
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT


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 October 10, 2012 by a representative of the
International Association of Machinists (IAM), Local 743, on
behalf of workers of UTC Aerospace Systems, formerly Hamilton
Sundstrand, Air Management Systems Division, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut. The workers' firm is engaged in the production
of metal products and air-valve assemblies used in the
aerospace industry. The worker group does not include any
leased workers.
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 UTC Aerospace Systems,
Air Management Systems Division, Windsor Locks, Connecticut,
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
articles like or directly competitive with the metal products
and air-valve assemblies produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at UTC
Aerospace Systems, Air Management Systems Division, Windsor
Locks, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of UTC Aerospace
Systems, Air Management Systems Division, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of metal products and air-valve assemblies, 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 UTC Aerospace Systems, formerly Hamilton
Sundstrand, Management Systems Division, Windsor Locks,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 9, 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., on this 16th day of November, 2012


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