DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,817

TYCO ELECTRONICS-GADAN
A SUBSIDIARY OF TYCO INTERNATIONAL
FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY

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 December 16, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tyco Electronics-GADAN, a subsidiary of Tyco
International, Franklin, Kentucky. The workers at the subject firm
are separately identifiable as workers engaged in the production of
automotive relays and workers engaged in the production of
inductive systems. This petition was filed on behalf of workers
engaged in the production of automotive relays.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
of workers engaged in the production of automotive relays declined
from January through November 2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of automotive relays to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a 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 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 Tyco Electronics-GADAN, a subsidiary of Tyco
International, Franklin, Kentucky engaged in the production of
automotive relays who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 17, 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 21st day of December 2003


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance