DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,340

UTC FIRE & SECURITY AMERICAS CORPORATION, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER,
PDS TECH, INC., BUTLER AMERICA AEROSPACE, LLC, THE ADECCO
GROUP, AND ADECCO-HICKORY, NC BRANCH
LINCOLNTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 November 15, 2018, by a company official on behalf of
workers of UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc., a
subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower, PDS Tech, Inc., Butler
America Aerospace, LLC, The Adecco Group, and Adecco-Hickory,
NC Branch, Lincolnton, North Carolina ("UTC Fire & Security
Americas Corporation, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of commercial fire
monitoring, signaling, and detection electronic devices, and
commercial access control and video security products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of UTC Fire & Security
Americas Corporation, Inc., a subsidiary of United
Technologies Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, PDS Tech, Inc., Butler America Aerospace, LLC,
The Adecco Group, and Adecco-Hickory, NC Branch, Lincolnton,
North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of commercial fire monitoring, signaling, and
detection electronic devices, and commercial access control and
video security products, 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 UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation,
Inc., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, PDS Tech,
Inc., Butler America Aerospace, LLC, The Adecco Group,
and Adecco-Hickory, NC Branch, Lincolnton, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 14, 2017, 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 31st day of December 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance