DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,317

SMTC CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
SMTC ENCLOSURES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PLACEMENT PRO'S,
AEROTEK, MTSG, ADECCO, AND METZ
FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS

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 a company official on behalf of
workers of SMTC Corporation of Massachusetts, SMTC Enclosures
Division, Franklin, Massachusetts (SMTC Corp.). The workers
produce assemblies and metal fabrications.
The worker group also consists of on-site leased workers
from Placement Pro's, Aerotek, MTSG, Adecco, and Metz.
The investigation revealed that workers of SMTC Corp. who
are engaged in employment related to the production of
assemblies and metal fabrications meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because the workers' firm is
scheduled to close.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
assemblies and metal fabrications to Mexico and Canada by SMTC
Corp. contributed importantly to worker separations at SMTC
Corporation of Massachusetts, SMTC Enclosures Division,
Franklin, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SMTC Corporation of
Massachusetts, SMTC Enclosures Division, Franklin,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment related to
assemblies and metal fabrications 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 SMTC Corporation of Massachusetts, SMTC
Enclosures Division, Franklin, Massachusetts including
on-site leased workers from Placement Pro's, Aerotek, MTSG,
Adecco, and Metz, 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 12th day of August, 2009.

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