DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,923

EATON CORPPORATION
VEHICLE GROUP DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BARPELLAM, HUNTER
INTERNATIONAL RECRUITING, MANPOWER, STAFFUSION, AXELON, THE
GREER GROUP, ACRO SERVICES GROUP, APR CONSULTING, ADVANCED
RESOURCES, AND OPUSING LLC
KINGS MOUNTAIN, 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 May 15, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Eaton Corporation, Vehicle Group Division, including
on-site leased workers from Barpellam, Hunter International
Recruiting, Manpower, STAFFusion, Axelon, The Greer Group,
Acro Services Group, APR Consulting, Advanced Resources, and
Opusing LLC, Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Eaton-Kings
Mountain). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of gears and shafts for use in medium-duty to
heavy-duty transmissions. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
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 Eaton-Kings Mountain 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the gears and shafts
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Eaton-Kings Mountain.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eaton-Kings Mountain
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 Eaton Corporation, Vehicle Group Division,
including on-site leased workers from Barpellam, Hunter
International Recruiting, Manpower, STAFFusion, Axelon,
The Greer Group, Acro Services Group, APR Consulting,
Advanced Resources, and Opusing LLC, Kings Mountain,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 14, 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 2nd day of July 2020.

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