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TAW-70465  /  Ferraz Shawmut, LLC (Newburyport, MA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/19/2008
Filed Date: 05/22/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/23/2009
Determination Date: 06/23/2009
Expiration Date: 06/23/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,465

FERRAZ SHAWMUT, LLC
NEWBURYPORT, 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 22, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ferraz Shawmut, LLC, Newburyport, Massachusetts. The
workers produce fuse and fuse holders for various electronics.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ferraz Shawmut,
LLC, Newburyport, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment
related to fuse and fuse holder production.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject firm the subject firm declined by at least 5 percent
during the period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Ferraz Shawmut,
LLC has shifted to a foreign country the production of fuse
and fuse holders.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of fuse and
fuse holder production to Mexico and Canada contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Ferraz Shawmut,
LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ferraz Shawmut, LLC,
Newburyport, Massachusetts, who are engaged in employment
related to production of fuse and fuse holders 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 Ferraz Shawmut, LLC, Newburyport,
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 23rd day of June, 2009.


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