DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,697

FELCHAR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SHOP VAC CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EASTERN TEMPORARIES AND ADECCO
196 CORPORATE DRIVE
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK

TA-W-92,697A

FELCHAR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF SHOP VAC CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EASTERN TEMPORARIES AND ADECCO
47-51 PINE CAMP DRIVE
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK

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 March 6, 2017 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers of Felchar Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of
Shop Vac Corporation, 196 Corporate Drive, Binghamton, New
York (TA-W-92,697), and Felchar Manufacturing Corporation, a
subsidiary of Shop Vac Corporation, 47-51 Pine Camp Drive,
Binghamton, New York (TA-W-92,697A)(collectively referred to
as "Felchar-Binghamton"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of electric motors, power
cord, metal stamping, and mold parts used in wet and dry
vacuum cleaners. Workers at Felchar-Binghamton are not
separately identifiable by articles produced by the firm.
The subject worker group (Felchar-Binghamton) includes on-
site leased workers from Eastern Temporaries and Adecco.
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 Felchar-Binghamton 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 Felchar-Binghamton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Felchar-Binghamton,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
electric motors, power cord, metal stamping, and mold parts
used in wet and dry vacuum cleaners, 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 Felchar Manufacturing Corporation, a
subsidiary of Shop Vac Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Eastern Temporaries and Adecco, 196
Corporate Drive, Binghamton, New York (TA-W-92,697), and
Felchar Manufacturing Corporation, a subsidiary of Shop
Vac Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Eastern Temporaries and Adecco, 47-51 Pine Camp Drive,
Binghamton, New York (TA-W-92,697A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 3,
2016, 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 28th day of September 2017.

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