DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,261

SMC ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BECKER GLOBAL-AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER SERVICES
HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

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 September 29, 2016 by the Chauffeurs, Teamsters and
Helpers Union, Local 175, on behalf of workers of SMC
Electrical Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Becker Global-
America, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower
Services, Huntington, West Virginia (SMC Electrical). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of electrical power control systems.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of electrical power control systems by SMC
Electrical have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by SMC Electrical have increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at SMC Electrical.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SMC Electrical, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
electrical power control systems, 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 SMC Electrical Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of Becker Global-America, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Manpower Services, Huntington,
West Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 26, 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 22nd day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance