DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,684

STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS

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 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of STMicroelectronics Inc., Carrollton, Texas
(STMicroelectronics Inc.). The workers produce semiconductor
wafers.
The investigation revealed that workers of
STMicroelectronics Inc. were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-61,866 that
expired August 1, 2009.
The investigation further revealed that workers of
STMicroelectronics Inc. who are engaged in employment related
to semiconductor wafers meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at
STMicroelectronics Inc. continued to decline in January
through May 2009 when compared to the same period of the
previous year. Worker separations are expected to continue
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
semiconductor wafers to Singapore by STMicroelectronics Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
STMicroelectronics Inc., Carrollton, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of STMicroelectronics
Inc., Carrollton, Texas, who are engaged in employment related
to semiconductor wafers 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 STMicroelectronics Inc., Carrollton, Texas
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 2, 2009, 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 5th day of August, 2009.


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