DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,195

SOLECTRON
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL AND KELLY SERVICES
CREEDMOOR, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 October 9, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Solectron, Systems Integration Division, Creedmoor, North Carolina.
The workers are engaged in the production of telecommunications
switch frames.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined absolutely from 2001 to 2002, and during the
period of January through August 2003 when compared to the same
period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at the subject facility is related to a
shift in production of telecommunications switch frames to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the facility are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.






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 Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with the telecommunications switch
frames produced by the subject firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Solectron, Systems Integration Division,
Creedmoor, North Carolina, including leased workers of Express
Personnel and Kelly Services producing telecommunications
switch frames at Solectron, Systems Integration Division,
Creedmoor, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 25, 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, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 14th day of November, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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