DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,772

WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

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 1, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Watlow Electric Manufacturing
Company, Columbia, Missouri (Watlow Electric). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
industrial electric heaters, sensors, and controllers. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Express Employment Professionals.
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 Watlow Electric 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the industrial electric
heaters, sensors, and controllers produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Watlow Electric.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Watlow Electric, who
are engaged in activities related to the manufacturing of
industrial electric heaters, sensors, and controllers, 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 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Express Employment Professionals, Columbia, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 30, 2018 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 May 2019.

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