DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,163

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC.
BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS DIVISION
AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 September 22, 2017 by three workers on behalf of
workers of the Johnson Controls, Inc., Building Technologies &
Solutions Division, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Johnson Controls International plc, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of integrated electronic security systems, fire protection,
detection and suppression systems; and lead-acid automotive
batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric
vehicles. However, the workers the subject of the investigation
is specifically engaged in technical writing activities in
support of the products produced by the workers' firm.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country technical writing
activities related to the production of an article like or
directly competitive with the technical writing activities
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Johnson Controls, Inc., Building
Technologies & Solutions Division, an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of Johnson Controls International plc, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Johnson Controls,
Inc., Building Technologies & Solutions Division, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson Controls International plc,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who are engaged in technical writing
activities, 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 Johnson Controls, Inc., Building
Technologies & Solutions Division, an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of Johnson Controls International plc,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, engaged in technical writing
activities who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 21, 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 24th day of October 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance