DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,885

LITTELFUSE INCORPORATED
ELECTRONIC BUSINESS UNIT
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS

Negative Determinations 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on July 25, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of LittelFuse Incorporated, Electronic Business Unit,
Des Plaines, Illinois. The workers at the subject facility
produce fuses for automotives. The workers are separately
identifiably by product.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.)
and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) have not been met.
The investigation determined that the subject firm did not
separate or threaten to separate a significant number or
proportion of workers as required by Section 222 of the Trade
Act of 1974. Significant number or proportion of the workers in
a firm or appropriate subdivision thereof, means that at least
three workers with a workforce of fewer than 50 workers or five
percent of the workers with a workforce of 50 or more.
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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.











Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of
LittelFuse Incorporated, Electronic Business Unit, Des Plaines,
Illinois, engaged in employment related to the production of
fuses for automotives, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of August 2007

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

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,885A

LITTELFUSE INCORPORATED
ELK GROVE, ILLINOIS

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 25, 2007, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of LittelFuse Incorporated, Elk Grove, Illinois. The workers perform warehousing and distribution in support of a trade certified affiliate.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment at the subject firm is related in part to the shift in production to the Philippines of electronic micro fuses by an affiliated facility whose workers were certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance based on the likely increase of imports following the shift.
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 determine that a shift in production from the subject firm to Canada of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of LittelFuse Incorporated, Elk Grove, Illinois, engaged in employment related to warehousing and distribution, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 20, 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 6th day of August 2007.

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