DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,686

MAXTOR CORP.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
SHREWSBURY, 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 July 10, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Maxtor Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate
Technology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The workers are engaged
in employment related to the production of disks for computer
hard drives.
The investigation revealed that the workers support the
production of disks for computer hard disks at Maxtor Corp., MMC
Technology Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate
Technology, San Jose, California. The firm shifted production
of those articles from San Jose to Singapore. That worker group
was certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance on
June 28, 2006 (TA-W-59,537).
The preponderance in the declines in employment at Maxtor
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology,
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 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 the subject 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 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., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Seagate Technology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 7, 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 in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of July 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance