DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,839

TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING OFF-SITE WORKERS REPORTING TO THIS LOCATION
LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

TA-W-70,839A

TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-70,839B

TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

TA-W-70,839C

TELE ATLAS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
REDWOOD, 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 June 1, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Tele Atlas North America, Inc in, and reporting to
Lebanon, New Hampshire (TA-W-70,839), Concord, Massachusetts
(TA-W-70,839A), Detroit, Michigan (TA-W-70,839B), and Redwood,
California (TA-W-70,839C). The workers produce digital map data,
which is used for road navigation.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the worker were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Tele Atlas North
America, Inc. has shifted to India and Poland production of
articles like or directly competitive with the digital map
data produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to foreign countries by Tele Atlas North America,
Inc. contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tele Atlas North
America, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire (TA-W-70,839), Concord,
Massachusetts (TA-W-70,839A), Detroit, Michigan (TA-W-70,839B),
and Redwood, California (TA-W-70,839C) who are engaged in
employment related to production of digital map data 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 Tele Atlas North America, Inc., Lebanon,
New Hampshire (TA-W-70,839), Concord, Massachusetts (TA-W-
70,839A), Detroit, Michigan (TA-W-70,839B), and Redwood,
California (TA-W-70,839C), 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 the 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 19th day of November 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance