DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,002

MOTOR APPLIANCE CORPORATION
BLYTHEVILLE, 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 July 10, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Motor Appliance Corporation, Blytheville,
Arkansas ("Motor Appliance Corporation"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of industrial
and commercial motors and battery chargers. The subject worker
group manufactures battery chargers and battery charger
components, inclusive of coil winding. Workers at the subject
firm are separately identifiable by the firm's motors and
chargers divisions.
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 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 the articles produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Motor Appliance Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Motor Appliance
Corporation, Blytheville, Arkansas, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of battery chargers and
battery charger components, inclusive of coil winding, 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 Motor Appliance Corporation, Blytheville,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 7, 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 29th day of July 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance