DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,265

KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
SAN JOSE, 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 October 9, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of KLA-Tencor
Corporation, San Jose, California. The workers at the subject
facility produce semiconductor tooling components. In particular
they produce parts of articles used as measurement tools in the
manufacture of semiconductors.
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject facility is related to a shift in production of
semiconductor tooling components to a country (Israel) 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 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 Israel of articles that
are like or directly competitive with semiconductor tooling
components produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"Workers of KLA-Tencor Corporation, San Jose, California,
engaged in the production of semiconductor tooling
components, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 5, 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 November 2007

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