DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,056

TENSOLITE, LLC (D/B/A CARLISLE INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLIES)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT SERVICES GROUP
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. (Set forth in Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).)

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Tensolite, LLC
(D/B/A Carlisle Interconnect Assemblies), and on-site leased
workers from Volt Services Group, Vancouver, Washington
(Tensolite). The workers produce radio frequency products and
interconnect assemblies. The petitioners alleged that Tensolite
shifted production to China.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tensolite
engaged in employment related to production of (1) radio
frequency products and (2) other electronic manufacturing
products, including wire harnesses and cable assemblies meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated from 2008 through May 31, 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of radio frequency products and other electronic
manufacturing to China by Tensolite contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Tensolite.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tensolite, LLC (D/B/A
Carlisle Interconnect Assemblies), Vancouver, Washington, who
are engaged in employment related to production of radio
frequency products and other electronic manufacturing meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Tensolite, LLC (D/B/A Carlisle
Interconnect Assemblies), including on-site leased workers
from Volt Services Group, Vancouver, Washington, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of July, 2009.


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