DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,722

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
RECORDING MEDIA OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION
MILPITAS, 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 7, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Seagate
Technology, LLC, Recording Media Operations, Milpitas,
California. The workers at the subject facility are engaged in
the production of disk drive media. In particular the component
disk for computer hard drives.
The investigation revealed that Seagate Technology, LLC,
also leased workers from Spherion.
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject facility is related to a shift in production of disk
drive media to a country (Singapore) that is party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 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 do not possess skills that are 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 disk drive media
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Seagate Technology, LLC, Recording Media
Operations, Milpitas, California, including on-site leased
workers from Spherion, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 7, 2006, 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 30th day of July 2007


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