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TAW-70068  /  CoAdna Photonics, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 05/19/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/19/2009
Determination Date: 06/19/2009
Expiration Date: 06/19/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,068

COADNA PHOTONICS, INC.
AND INCLUDING WORKERS OFF-SITE IN STOW, OHIO
AND INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF OE LAB, INC.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

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 CoAdna Photonics,
including on-site leased workers of OE Lab, Inc. Sunnyvale,
California. The worker group also includes workers employed off-
site in Stow, Ohio. The workers produce fiber optics,
specifically, wavelength selective switch products for
telecommunications customers.
The petition alleges that worker separations were a
result of a shift of production from the Sunnyvale, California
to an affiliated facility located in China.
The investigation revealed that workers of CoAdna
Photonics, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the
production of fiber optics meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have been separated from employment.
Criterion II has been satisfied because production of
fiber optics is being shifted to an affiliated facility in
China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to China contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Sunnyvale, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CoAdna Photonics,
including on-site leased workers of OE Lab, Inc., Sunnyvale,
California, and including workers off-site in Stow, Ohio, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of fiber
optics 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 CoAdna Photonics, including on-site leased
workers of OE Lab, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, and
including workers off-site in Stow, Ohio, 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 19th day of June, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance