DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,955

FCI USA, INC.
CDC AMERICAS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER, INC.
MT. UNION, PENNSYLVANIA

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 September 14, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at FCI USA, Inc., CDC Americas Division, Mt. Union,
Pennsylvania. The workers were engaged in the production of
electronic connectors for the telecommunications and personal
computer marketplace.


The investigation revealed that FCI USA, Inc., CDC Americas
Division, Mt. Union, Pennsylvania also leased workers from
Manpower, Inc. to produce electronic connectors.
Employment at the subject plant has declined, and the subject
firm has shifted plant production of electronic connectors to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a Free Trade Agreement with the
United States.
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 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 conclude 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 at FCI USA, Inc., CDC Americas Division,
including on-site leased workers of Manpower, Inc., Mt. Union,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 14, 2004 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 27th day of September 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance