DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W- 91,777

UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
CLEVELAND, OHIO


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 May 5, 2016 by a company official on behalf of workers
of UTC Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of United Technology
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Cleveland, Ohio (UTC Aerospace Systems). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to production of landing gear
components.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in UTC Aerospace Systems
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 those produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at UTC Aerospace Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of UTC Aerospace
Systems, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of landing gear 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 UTC Aerospace Systems, a subsidiary of
United Technology Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May 4,
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 23rd day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance