DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,227

BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES
LEASED ON-SITE WORKERS AT
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
CORVALLIS, OREGON

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 May 20, 2005, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Black Box
Network Services, leased on-site workers at Hewlett-Packard
Company, Corvallis, Oregon. The workers supported the
production of inkjet cartridges for small desktop printers.
The declines in employment at the subject firm are related
to a shift in production of inkjet cartridges for small desktop
printers to Singapore, a country 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 a
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 firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the inkjet cartridges industry are
adverse.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon to Singapore of
articles that are like or directly competitive with inkjet
cartridges for small desktop printers produced by that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All leased on-site workers of Black Box Network Services,
working at Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 18, 2004, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 24th day of June, 2005.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance