DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,825

VITEC GROUP COMMUNICATIONS
CLEARCOM DIVISION
ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA

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 29, 2009 by a California State Workforce Officer
on behalf of workers of Vitec Group Communications, ClearCom
Division, Alameda, California. The workers produced variety of
systems, assemblies, and peripherals used for intercom
communications.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vitec's Alameda,
California facility who are engaged in employment related to
the production of intercom communications systems, assemblies
and peripherals meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because more than five
percent of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of intercom communications systems, assemblies,
and peripherals decreased in January through April 2009
compared with the same period of the previous year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
intercom communications systems, assemblies and peripherals
produced at the subject firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and declines in sales and production at the
Alameda, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vitec Group
Communications, ClearCom Division, Alameda, California, who are
engaged in employment related to production of systems,
assemblies, and peripherals used for intercom communications
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 Vitec Group Communications, ClearCom
Division, Alameda, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 29,
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 8th day of July, 2009


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