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TAW-82539  /  Elster Solutions (Raleigh, NC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/07/2012
Filed Date: 03/08/2013
Most Recent Update: 03/15/2013
Determination Date: 03/15/2013
Expiration Date: 03/15/2015

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,539

ELSTER SOLUTIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF ELSTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM THE GREER GROUP
RALEIGH, NORTH 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;
(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 March 8, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Elster Solutions, a subsidiary of Elster, Raleigh,
North Carolina (Elster Solutions). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of electric meters. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from The Greer
Group.
During the investigation, information was obtained from
the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the subject firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened with
total or partial separation.
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 electric meters
produced by the subject workers, which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Elster Solutions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Elster Solutions,
Raleigh, North Carolina, 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 Elster Solutions, a subsidiary of Elster,
including on-site leased workers from The Greer Group,
Raleigh, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 7, 2012
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 15th day of March, 2013


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