DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,325

TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
COMMUNICATION & INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS
EMIGSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 Tyco Electronics Corporation, Communication &
Industrial Solutions, Emigsville, Pennsylvania. The workers
produced electronic connectors used in high-speed servers,
routers and switches.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tyco
Electronics who are engaged in employment related to the
production of electronic connectors 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 the workers' firm
has shifted the production of electronic connectors used in
high speed servers, routers and switches to China and India.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of electronic connectors to China and India by Tyco
Electronics has contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Emigsville, Pennsylvania facility.
Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tyco Electronics,
Communication & Industrial Solutions, Emigsville, Pennsylvania
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
electronic connectors used in high speed servers, routers and
switches 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 Tyco Electronics Corporation,
Communication & Industrial Solutions, Emigsville,
Pennsylvania 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 21st day of August, 2009

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