DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,214

ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES
PELHAM PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERSON AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
DEDICATED PERSONNEL, INC., MANPOWER AND ADECCO
PELHAM, ALABAMA

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.
29 C.F.R. 90.2 defines firm as "an individual proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation (including a
development corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in
bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court. A firm,
together with any predecessor or successor-in-interest, or
together with any affiliated firm controlled or substantially
beneficially owned by substantially the same persons, may be
considered a single firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 11, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Actuation Technologies, Pelham Plant, a subsidiary of
Emerson Automation Solutions, Pelham, Alabama (subject firm).
The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
manufacturing of actuators and flow systems, and related
component parts. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Dedicated Personnel, Inc., Manpower, 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 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 the production of articles
like or directly competitive with articles produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm 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 Actuation Technologies, Pelham Plant, a
subsidiary of Emerson Automation Solutions, including on-site
leased workers from Dedicated Personnel, Inc., Manpower, and
Adecco Pelham, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 9, 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 7th day of December 2017.

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