DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,970

BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
COMPTON, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-61, 970A

BELKIN, INC.
COMPTON, CALIFORNIA

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 August 10, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Belkin International, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-61,970) and
Belkin, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-61,970A). Workers at
Belkin International, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-61,970)
perform various support services such as telephone customer
support, accounts payable and accounts receivable. Workers at
Belkin, Inc. Compton, California (TA-W-61,970A) assemble and
produce custom computer cables and cat 5 cables.
It is determined with respect to workers of Belkin
International, Inc. Compton, California (TA-W-61,970) that the
requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
Employment at the subject firm declined in January through
August 2007 when compared with the same period of the previous
year. These workers perform duties in support of production at an
affiliated firm, Belkin, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-61,970A).

The investigation revealed that production of custom computer
cables and cat 5 cables at Belkin, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-
61,970A) declined in January through July 2007 when compared with
the same period of the previous year.
Belkin, Inc. increased import purchases of custom computer
cables and cat 5 cables during the relevant period.
With respect to workers of Belkin, Inc., Compton, California
(TA-W-61,970A), it is determined that the requirements of
(a)(2)(A)(I.A) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that although there was a decline
in production of custom computer cables and cat 5 cables at Belkin,
Inc., there was no significant decline in employment. 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 means at least three workers in a
workforce of fewer than 50 workers, five percent of the workers in
a workforce of over 50 workers, or at least 50 workers.
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 for workers of Belkin International, Inc. Compton,
California (TA-W-61,970).
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.
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 of Belkin, Inc., Compton, California (TA-W-61,970A) are
denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be
certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cat 5 cables and custom computer
cables produced by Belkin International, Inc., Compton, California
(TA-W-61,970) contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Belkin International, Inc., Compton,
California (TA-W-61,970), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 9, 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."
I further determine that all workers of Belkin, Inc. (TA-W-
61,970A) 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 19th day of September 2007


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