DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,949

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
GLOBAL SALES AND MARKETING ORGANIZATION
TEMPE, ARIZONA

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 investigation was initiated on March 4, 2008, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc., Global Sales and Marketing Organization,
Tempe, Arizona. Workers at the subject facility are engaged in
employment related to distribution quoting and pricing activities
in the Americas regions for Distributors and Electronic
Manufacturing Services Industry "EMSI" customers.
The investigation revealed that Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.,
Global Sales and Marketing Organization, Tempe, Arizona, did not
produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The investigation revealed that even
though Freescale Semiconductor manufactures embedded
semiconductors, the workers at the subject facility engaged in
employment related to the distribution quoting and pricing
activities did not support domestic production, and thus the worker
group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift
in production of an article.
In addition, 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 of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc., Global Sales and Marketing Organization,
Tempe, Arizona, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of May 2008

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