DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,537

MAXTOR CORP.
MMC TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-59,537A

MAXTOR CORP.
MMC TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA

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 June 12, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Maxtor Corp., MMC Technology Division, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Seagate Technology, San Jose, California (TA-W-
59,537) and Maxtor Corp., MMC Technology Division, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Fremont California (TA-
W-59,537A). The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of disks for computer hard drives, and are
separately identifiable by location.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject facilities are related to a shift in production of disks
for computer hard drives to a country (Singapore) 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 these facilities 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 Singapore 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 Maxtor Corp., MMC Technology Division, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, San Jose,
California (TA-W-59,537) and Maxtor Corp., MMC Technology
Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology,
Fremont California (TA-W-59,537A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 8,
2005, 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 28th day of June 2006
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance