DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,377

BAE SYSTEMS CONTROLS INC.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BAE SYSTEMS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACRO SERVICES
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

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 January 22, 2016 by the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers
- Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA), Local 901 on
behalf of workers of BAE Systems Controls Inc., Electronic
Systems Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems,
Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana (herein known as “BAE Systems
Controls Inc.” or “workers’ firm”). The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of electronic
assemblies for commercial and military avionics, including
engine and flight controls. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from ACRO Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at BAE
Systems Controls Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BAE Systems Controls
Inc., Electronic Systems Division, a wholly owned subsidiary
of BAE Systems, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
ACRO Services, Fort Wayne, Indiana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of electronic assemblies
for commercial and military avionics, including engine and
flight controls 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 BAE Systems Controls Inc., Electronic
Systems Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE
Systems, Inc., including on-site leased workers from ACRO
Services, Fort Wayne, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 21,
2015 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 29th day of February, 2016

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