DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,453

DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
TOPFER MANUFACTURING CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BELCAN, HAWKINS,
HORIZON, INTEGRATED HUMAN CAPITAL, MAGRABBIT, SPHERION
AND TECHNISTAFF
AUSTIN, TEXAS

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 30, 2008 in response to
a petition filed by a one-stop operator on behalf of workers of
Dell Products L.P., Topfer Manufacturing Center, Austin, Texas.
Workers at the subject firm produce computers.
The worker group includes leased workers from Belcan, Hawkins,
Horizon, Integrated Human Capital, MagRabbit, Spherion, and
Technistaff.
The investigation revealed that employment declined during the
relevant period of 2006, 2007, and January through April 2008 over
the corresponding 2007 period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing aggregate United States imports of
computers during the relevant period. The ratio of United States
imports to United States shipments of computers during 2007 and
January through March 2008 was over 100 percent.
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 determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Dell Products
L.P., Topfer Manufacturing Center, Austin, Texas, contributed to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Dell Products L.P., Topfer Manufacturing
Center, including on-site leased workers from Belcan, Hawkins,
Horizon, Integrated Human Capital, MagRabbit, Spherion, and
Technistaff, Austin, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 2007 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 9th day of July 2008


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