DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,032

PRECISION INTERCONNECT
A DIVISION OF TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP, LP
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is
determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 13, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Precision
Interconnect, a division of Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, Broomfield,
Colorado. The workers at the subject firm produce cables for patient
monitoring and connectors for defibrillation devices; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of connectors for
defibrillation devices to Canada, and a shift in production of cables
for patient monitoring to Mexico; both countries are a party to free
trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that there was a shift in production from the workers'
firm or subdivision to Canada and to Mexico of articles that are like
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Precision Interconnect, a division of Tyco
Healthcare Group, LP, Broomfield, Colorado who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 12, 2002
through two years from the date of certification are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of July, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance