DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,545

SANMINA-SCI
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN

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 November 26, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers of
Sanmina-SCI, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. Workers at the subject firm
produced aluminum die casting and plastic injection molding.
Workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The subject firm also leased workers from Manpower.

The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined during the period of January through November 2008 when
compared to the same time period in 2007. Sales and production at
the subject firm declined from 2006 to 2007, and during the period
of January through November 2008 when compared to the same time
period in 2007.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed a sample of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases
of aluminum die casting and plastic injection molding in 2006,
2007, January through November 2008. The surveys revealed an
increased reliance on import purchases of aluminum die casting and
plastic injection molding during the period under investigation.
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 aluminum die casting and plastic
injection molding manufactured by Sanmina-SCI, Turtle Lake,
Wisconsin, 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 Sanmina-SCI, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, including
on-site leased workers from Manpower, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 18,
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 25th day of March 2009

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