DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,380

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC.
SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA

TA-W-71,380A

LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION AND WORKFORCE LOGIC
WORKING ON-SITE AT SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC.
SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA

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 24, 2009 on behalf of workers of Seagate
Technology, LLC., Shakopee, Minnesota (TA-W-71,380). The
workers produce enterprise class disc drives. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Spherion and Workforce
Logic (TA-W-71,380A). Workers of Seagate Technology, LLC.,
Shakopee, Minnesota were certified eligible to apply for trade
adjustment assistance under TA-W-61,443, which expired on May
18, 2009. However, on-site leased workers from Spherion and
Workforce Logic were not included in that certification.
The investigation revealed that workers of Seagate
Technology, LLC. who are engaged in employment related to
production of enterprise class disc drives meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to foreign countries 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 enterprise
class disc drives to Thailand, Singapore and China by Seagate
Technology LLC. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Shakopee, Minnesota facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seagate Technology,
LLC., Shakopee, Minnesota, including on-site leased workers from
Spherion and Workforce Logic, who are engaged in employment
related to production of enterprise class disc drives 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 Seagate Technology, LLC., Shakopee,
Minnesota (TA-W-71,380) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 19, 2009, 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.
And
All leased workers of Spherion and Workforce Logic (TA-W-
71,380A) working on-site at Seagate Technology, LLC.,
Shakopee, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 23, 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 15th day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance