DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,168

HEWLETT PACKARD-BCS FREMONT SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM CHIMES AND NORTH AMERICAN LOGISTICS WORLD WIDE
FREMONT, 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 in response to a petition
received on February 9, 2009, and filed on behalf of workers at
Hewlett Packard-BCS Fremont Supply Chain Operations, Fremont,
California. The worker group also includes leased workers from
CHIMES and North American Logistics World Wide working on-site at
Hewlett Packard-BCS Fremont Supply Chain Operations, Fremont,
California. The workers produce non-stop computer servers. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of non-stop computer servers to a country
(Singapore) that is a 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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Singapore of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of Hewlett Packard-BCS Fremont Supply Chain
Operations, including on-site leased workers from CHIMES and
North American Logistics World Wide, Fremont, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 5, 2008, 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/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance