DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,423

3M COMPANY
ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER COMPANY
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI

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 November 14, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of 3M Company, Electronic Solutions Division, Columbia,
Missouri. Workers of the subject firm produce flexible circuits
and component parts; they are not separately identifiable by
articles produced.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance in the
declines in employment at of 3M Company, Electronic Solutions
Division, Columbia, Missouri is related to a shift in production of
flexible circuits and component parts to a country (Singapore) that
is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm also leased
workers on-site from Manpower Company to produce flexible circuits
and component parts.
In addition, 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 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 Singapore of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the products produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of of 3M Company, Electronic Solutions Division,
Columbia, Missouri who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 13, 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 22nd day of November 2006


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance