DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,146

NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
NIDEC COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL MOTORS GROUP
A DIVISION OF NIDEC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STAFFMARK AND PEOPLE SOURCE
PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS

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 November 17, 2015 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
workers of Nidec Motor Corporation, Nidec Commercial &
Residential Motors Group, a division of Nidec, Paragould,
Arkansas (Nidec Motor Corporation). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of washer and dryer
components, such as direct drive brushless permanent magnet
stator/rotors, stamped laminations, casted rotor cores, motor
shafts, motor end shields, small stamped motor components,
thermosets, and thermoplastics molded components.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Staffmark and People Source.
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 a(n) article
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Nidec Motor Corporation.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nidec Motor Corporation,
Nidec Commercial & Residential Motors Group, a division of Nidec,
Paragould, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of washer and dryer components, 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 Nidec Motor Corporation, Nidec Commercial &
Residential Motors Group, a division of Nidec, including
on-site leased workers from Staffmark and People Source,
Paragould, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 16, 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 20th day of March 2016.

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