DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,875

BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY
RMMG DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ABB LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PENMAC STAFFING
AND TEC STAFFING SERVICES
FORT SMITH, 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 May 9, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Baldor Electric Company, RMMG Division, a subsidiary
of ABB Ltd., including on-site leased workers from Penmac
Staffing and TEC Staffing Services, Fort Smith, Arkansas
(Baldor Electric Company-RMMG). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of industrial electric
motors and mechanical power transmissions. The subject worker
group (Baldor Electric Company-RMMG) supplies business support
services (such as human resources, sales, finance, marketing,
design and engineering, quality control, and operations).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Baldor Electric Company-
RMMG 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 supply of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Baldor Electric Company-RMMG.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baldor Electric
Company-RMMG, Fort Smith, Arkansas, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of business support services,
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 Baldor Electric Company, RMMG Division, a
subsidiary of ABB Ltd., including on-site leased workers
from Penmac Staffing and TEC Staffing Services, Fort
Smith, Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 8, 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 30th day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance