DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,169

MOLEX, INC.
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION
LITTLE ROCK CONNECTOR PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CAREER STAFFING, THE HUGHES AGENCY AND MANPOWER
MAUMELLE, ARKANSAS

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 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Molex, Inc., Commercial Products Division, Little
Rock Connector Plant, Maumelle, Arkansas. The workers are
engaged in activities related to the production of interconnect
devices. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
from Career Staffing, The Hughes Agency and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Molex, Inc.,
Commercial Products Division, Little Rock Connector Plant,
Maumelle, Arkansas who are engaged in activities related to
the production of interconnect devices meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of interconnect devices by Molex, Inc. to
China and Singapore.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of interconnect devices by Molex, Inc. to China and Singapore
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Molex,
Inc., Commercial Products Division, Little Rock Connector
Plant, Maumelle, Arkansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Molex, Inc.,
Commercial Products Division, Little Rock Connector Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Career Staffing, The
Hughes Agency and Manpower, Maumelle, Arkansas, who are engaged
in employment related to production of interconnect devices,
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 Molex, Inc., Commercial Products Division,
Little Rock Connector Plant, including on-site leased
workers from Career Staffing, The Hughes Agency and
Manpower, Maumelle, Arkansas, 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 9th day of September, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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