DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,428

FLEXTRONICS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
APPLEONE, AEROTEK, AND TECH SYSTEMS
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO


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 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Flextronics,
Broomfield, Colorado. The workers are engaged in activities
related to finance, IT, purchasing, supply chain management,
and administrative services. The workers are not separately
identifiable by services.
The worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
AppleOne, Aerotek, and Tech Systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Flextronics,
Broomfield, Colorado, who are engaged in activities related to
finance, IT, purchasing, supply chain management, and
administrative services 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 finance, IT, purchasing, supply chain management, and
administrative services by Flextronics, Broomfield, Colorado to
Ireland, Mexico, India, China, and Singapore.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in finance,
IT, purchasing, supply chain management, and administrative
services by Flextronics, Broomfield, Colorado to Ireland,
Mexico, India, China, and Singapore contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Flextronics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flextronics,
including on-site leased workers from AppleOne, Aerotek, and
Tech Systems, Broomfield, Colorado, who are engaged in
employment related to finance, IT, purchasing, supply chain
management, and administrative 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 Flextronics, including on-site leased
workers from AppleOne, Aerotek, and Tech Systems,
Broomfield, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 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 30th day of July, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance