DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,076

ITT CORPORATION
FMC-INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FIRST CHOICE STAFFING
SANTA ANA, 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 8, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of ITT Corporation, FMC-Interconnect Solutions, Santa Ana,
California. The workers produced electronic connectors. The
worker group also includes on-site leased workers from First
Choice Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of ITT Corporation,
FMC-Interconnect Solutions, including on-site leased workers
from First Choice Staffing who are engaged in employment
related to production of electronic connectors meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment declined by
at least 5 percent in January through May 2009 compared to the
corresponding period in 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Mexico production of electronic connectors.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
electronic connectors to Mexico by ITT Corporation, FMC-
Interconnect Solutions contributed importantly to worker group
separations at ITT Corporation, FMC-Interconnect Solutions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ITT Corporation, FMC-
Interconnect Solutions, including on-site leased workers from
First Choice Staffing, Santa Ana, California, who are engaged in
employment related to production of electronic connectors 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 ITT Corporation, FMC-Interconnect
Solutions, including on-site leased workers from First
Choice Staffing, Santa Ana, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 8,
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/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT G. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance