DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,056

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 July 23, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Ambassador
Personnel, Beaufort, South Carolina. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of fuel and oil
filtration systems; specifically, HDE fuel filter modules
including fuel lines.
The workers were previously certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-W-82,000.
The certification terminated on November 9, 2014.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and major declining customer.
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 the sales
and/or production of HDE fuel filter modules including fuel
lines by Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor Division,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Ambassador
Personnel, Beaufort, South Carolina have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and
Ambassador Personnel, Beaufort, South Carolina have increased.
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
Parker Hannifin Corporation, Racor Division, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and Ambassador Personnel,
Beaufort, South Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Parker Hannifin
Corporation, Racor Division, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek and Ambassador Personnel, Beaufort, South
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of HDE fuel filter modules including fuel lines 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 November 10, 2014, 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 11th day of December, 2015.

/s/Hope D. Hinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance