DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,076

WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
RICHMOND, ILLINOIS


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 July 22, 2020 by a company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Richmond, Illinois (Watlow Electric). Watlow
Electric is engaged in activities related to the production of
temperature sensors.
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 an article like
or directly competitive with the temperature sensors produced by
the 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 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 Express Employment
Professionals, Richmond, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 21, 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 5th day of September 2020.

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