DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,312

ALCATEL LUCENT
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
OPTICS DIVISION
WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTES

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. See 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 20, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Alcatel Lucent, Research and Development, Optics Division,
Westford, Massachusetts. The workers provide research and
development services for optical transmission equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alcatel Lucent,
Research and Development, Optics Division, Westford,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related to
optical transmission equipment research and development
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Alcatel Lucent
has shifted abroad a portion of the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the
designated group at the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
supply of optical transmission equipment research and
development services to Italy contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Westford, Massachusetts
location.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alcatel Lucent,
Research and Development, Optics Division, Westford,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related to optical
transmission equipment research and development services, 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 Alcatel Lucent, Research and Development,
Optics Division, Westford, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 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 21st day of October, 2009


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