DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,587

BOURNS, INC.
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER AND SPHERION
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN


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 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Bourns, Inc., Automotive Division, Janesville, Wisconsin.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of electronic sensor assemblies. The worker group also includes
on-site leased workers from Manpower and Spherion.
The investigation revealed that workers of Bourns, Inc.,
Automotive Division, Janesville, Wisconsin who are engaged in
employment related to production of electronic sensor
assemblies 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 by Bourns, Inc., Automotive Division to Mexico and Hungary
in the production of electronic sensor assemblies.
Criterion III has been met because the shift by Bourns,
Inc., Automotive Division, to Mexico and Hungary in the
production of electronic sensor assemblies contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Bourns, Inc.,
Automotive Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bourns, Inc.,
Automotive Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower and Spherion, Janesville, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to production of electronic sensor
assemblies, 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 Bourns, Inc., Automotive Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Spherion, Janesville, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 22,
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 24th day of June, 2009


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