DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,666

PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS
LONGMONT TECHNOLOGY CENTER
LONGMONT, COLORADO

TA-W-57,666A

PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS
SPECIFICATIONS CENTER
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on August 3, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Philips Semiconductors, Longmont Technology Center, Longmont,
Colorado (TA-W-57,666), and Philips Semiconductors, Specifications
Center, San Jose, California (57,666A). The workers at the Longmont
Technology Center are engaged in engineering designs for integrated
circuits (IC); workers at the Specification Center document and
track all the specifications for each IC.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm does not
produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm
or appropriate subdivision. The workers at the Longmont
Technology Center and at the Specifications Center did not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, 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 assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Philips Semiconductors, Longmont Technology Center, Longmont,
Colorado (TA-W-57,666), and Philips Semiconductors,
Specifications Center, San Jose, California (57,666A) are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 1st day of September, 2005

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance