DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,090

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
SENSORS AND CONTROLS DIVISION
ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS

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 7, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Texas Instruments Inc., Attleboro, Massachusetts.
The workers produce sensor and control devices for the
automotive, aerospace and appliance markets.
Workers at Texas Instruments Inc., Sensors and Controls
Division, Attleboro, Massachusetts, were previously certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under petition
number TA-W-53,196, which expired on November 10, 2003.
Employment at the subject firm has continued to decline and
there is a threat of additional worker separations.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm
shifted production of sensor and control devices to a country
(Mexico) that is a party to a Free Trade Agreement with the
United States.
In accordance with Section 246 of 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 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 has been a shift in
production from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of
articles that are like or directly competitive with the sensor
and control devices produced by the subject firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Texas Instruments Inc., Sensors and
Controls Division, Attleboro, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 11, 2005 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 at Washington, D.C., this 14th day of November 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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