DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,576

C&D TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM DORAL CORPORATION, PIEPER
ELECTRIC INC., SCRUB N SHINE, AND PER MAR SECURITY
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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat
of separation and to the decline in the sales or production
of such firm.


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 21, 2020 by a union representative on behalf of
workers and former workers of C&D Technologies, Inc., including
on-site leased worker from Doral Corporation, Pieper Electric
Inc., Scrub N Shine, and Per Mar Security, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(C&D Technologies-Milwaukee). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of industrial batteries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in C&D Technologies-Milwaukee have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because C&D
Technologies-Milwaukee sales and/or production have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by C&D
Technologies-Milwaukee have increased during the relevant period
when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at C&D Technologies-
Milwaukee.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C&D Technologies-
Milwaukee, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of industrial batteries, 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 C&D Technologies, Inc., including on-site
leased worker from Doral Corporation, Pieper Electric Inc.,
Scrub N Shine, and Per Mar Security, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 17, 2019 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 6th day of October 2020.

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