DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,084

VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY
VISHAY DALE ELECTRONICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ASSOCIATED STAFFING
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a State Workforce Official on May 19, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Vishay Dale Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Dale
Electronics, Columbus, Nebraska (Vishay Dale Intertechnology,
Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics). Workers at the subject firm
are engaged in activities related to the production of
resistors. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced. The investigation revealed that the worker
group at the subject firm includes on-site leased workers from
Associated Staffing.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Vishay
Dale Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics, including
on-site leased workers from Associated Staffing, Columbus,
Nebraska who are engaged in employment related to the production
of resistors meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of resistors by the subject firm decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with resistors produced
by Vishay Dale Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics
have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted
a survey of the subject firm's major declining customers
regarding their purchases of resistors during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported resistors.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of resistors by customers of Vishay Dale
Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Vishay Dale Intertechnology,
Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vishay Dale
Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Dale Electronics, including on-
site leased workers from Associated Staffing, Columbus,
Nebraska, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of resistors 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 Vishay Dale Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay
Dale Electronics, including on-site leased workers from
Associated Staffing, Columbus, Nebraska, 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 the 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 22nd day of September 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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