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TAW-70453  /  Flextronics International, Limited (Elk Grove Village, IL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 05/20/2008
Filed Date: 05/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 11/04/2009
Determination Date: 11/04/2009
Expiration Date: 11/04/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,453

FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, FLEXICORPS,
INDUSTRIAL STAFFING, AND QUALITY TEMPERM, INC.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS

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 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Flextronics
International, Limited, Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The workers
produced sheet metal enclosures for telecommunications and
computer equipment.
The investigation revealed that the worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Flexicorps, Industrial
Staffing, and Quality TemPerm, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Elk Grove
Village plant, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of sheet metal enclosures, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of the workers were separated from employment with the
shutdown of the Elk Grove Village plant.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
shifted production of sheet metal enclosures at Elk Grove
Village to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production abroad contributed importantly to worker
separations at the Elk Grove Village Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flextronics
International, Limited, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, who are
engaged in employment related to sheet metal enclosures for
telecommunications and computer equipment 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 International, Limited,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Flexicorps,
Industrial Staffing, and Quality TemPerm, Inc., Elk Grove
Village, Illinois, 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 4th day of November, 2009


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